num_pages: 264
description: 'If it were I who were to always young and the picture to grow old … I would give my soul for it.'The wish uttered by Dorain Gray as he gazes on his portrait forms the basis of this brialliant and disturbing story of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who, Faust-like, is willing to sell his soul for his beauty.First oublished to scandalised protest in 1890, Oscar Wilde's fantastic melodrama was widely condemned by his contemporaries as ana ffront to the values of polite society. It has since become one of his most celebrated works, a brilliant example of his power as a storyteller and of his flamboyant wit and aestheticism.
language: English
title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
titlecomplete: The Picture of Dorian Gray
characters: Dorian Gray, Adrian Singleton, Lady Gwendolen, Basil Hallward, Lady Narborough, Lady Victoria Wotton, Lord Staveley, Lord Henry Wotton, Henry Ashton, Duchess of Monmouth, James Vane, Sibyl Vane, Alan Campbell
genres: Audiobook, Novels, LGBT, Gothic, Literature, Horror, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 1437252
places: England, London, England
publisher: Penguin Classics