At eighteen, the handsome Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, which prompts an admirer, Lord Henry Wotton, to declare that life is thing without beauty and sensuous gratification. Suddenly scared of growing old and ugly, Dorian makes the fateful wish that the painted image should age rather than himself. Then - fearless of the consequences - he launches on a life of excess and depravity. Wilde's cautionary tale, published in 1891, describes how every sin that Dorian commits is reflected in the portrait. The painting is banished to his attic, where the image finally becomes so loathsome that Dorian tries to destroy it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
ISBN-10
1848373317
ISBN-13
9781848373310
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108068849
Product Key Features
Author
Oscar Wilde
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Series Title
Arcturus Classics
Out-Of-Print Date
01/06/2017
Date of Publication
02/07/2009
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
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