THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Born in Ireland Wilde (18541900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and became the leading exponent of aestheticism. His work includes plays a novel poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts he died after his release in exile in Paris.Robert Mighall has written on Gothic fiction and is the editor of Stevensons Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for Penguin Classics.Part of Penguins beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmith these delectable and collectible editions are bound in highquality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton he is drawn into a corrupt double life: indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succĘs de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.