The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde's enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets--The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel as flamboyant and controversial as its incomparable author.

Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait's degraded image.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde's unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences, is narrated with his characteristic incisive wit and diamond-sharp prose.

Author: Oscar Wilde
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
Series: Vintage Classics
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780307743527