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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. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality 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 succ s 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141442464
eBay Product ID (ePID)108532087
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Picture of Dorian Gray
AuthorOscar Wilde
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2008
GenreHorror
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height200mm
Item Width132mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorOscar Wilde
Series TitlePenguin Clothbound Classics
EditorRobert Mighall
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom