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 Picture of Dorian Gray" was a success de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints of unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895.
- ISBN10 0141442182
- ISBN13 9780141442181
- Publish Date 30 November 2006
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 25 June 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Classics
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English