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The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
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A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde’s only novel highlights the tension between the polished surface and murky depths of Victorian high society. The Picture of Dorian Gray presents the story of Dorian Gray, a young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome man. Confronted by his beauty... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Picture of Dorian Gray

A beautiful paperback edition of Oscar Wilde’s truly brilliant Gothic novel.

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A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde’s only novel highlights the tension between the polished surface and murky depths of Victorian high society.

The Picture of Dorian Gray presents the story of Dorian Gray, a young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome man. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realisation that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice, and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. Hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become.

Parties and Passions, Mrs Dalloway, and The Great Gatsby are also available in this Macmillan Collector’s Library series of gorgeous paperbacks featuring the greatest parties and the wildest passions in literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035060832

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Peter Harness

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He studied there, at Trinity College, and then at Oxford, where he founded the cult of aestheticism. He published several collections of stories and one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in 1891. He had many successes as a playwright, first with Lady Windermere’s Fan in 1892, and all his plays were performed in London between 1892 and 1895. A dazzling wit and flamboyant figure, Wilde’s career was cut short after his homosexuality was exposed, and he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in 1895. Released in 1897, he fled to France where he died a broken man in 1900.

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