num_pages: 304
description: 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.
language: English
title: My Penguin the "Picture of Dorian Gray"
titlecomplete: My Penguin the "Picture of Dorian Gray"
characters: Basil Hallward, Adrian Singleton, James Vane, Dorian Gray, Henry Ashton, Lady Victoria Wotton, Lord Staveley, Sibyl Vane, Lady Gwendolen, Alan Campbell, Lord Henry Wotton, Duchess of Monmouth, Lady Narborough
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, LGBT, Classics, Gothic, Horror, Audiobook, Fantasy, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 1437393
places: London, England, England
publisher: Penguin Classics