About the Book

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 272 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Modern Library (Sep. 30th, 1992)

ISBN-10: 0679600019

ISBN-13: 9780679600015

Dimensions: 4.94 x 7.50 x 0.85 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.61 lbs

• Categories: Classics Fiction