num_pages: 288
description: On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-sicle decadence. In this updated version of the Faust story, the tempter is Lord Henry Wotton, who lives selfishly for amoral pleasure; Dorian's good angel is the portrait painter Basil Hallward, whom Dorian murders. The book highlights the tension between the polished surface of high society and the life of secret vice. Although sin is punished in the end the book has a flavour of the elegantly perverse.With an Afterword by Peter Harness
language: English
title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
titlecomplete: The Picture of Dorian Gray
characters: Lady Narborough, Basil Hallward, Dorian Gray, Alan Campbell, Lord Henry Wotton, James Vane, Lord Staveley, Sibyl Vane, Henry Ashton, Lady Victoria Wotton, Adrian Singleton, Duchess of Monmouth, Lady Gwendolen
genres: Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Novels, Gothic, 19th Century, LGBT, Horror, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1437456
places: London, England, England
publisher: Collectors Library