by Oscar Wilde · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140437843
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«The Picture of Dorian Gray» is Oscar Wilde's gothic novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Dorian Gray, captivated by his portrait, wishes to remain young forever and, in a kind of Faustian pact, it is the painting that ages and reflects his excesses. The only novel Oscar Wilde wrote explores the relationship between art and morality, the double life, and the darker side of Victorian society.
The novel was originally published in 1890; in this Penguin Classics edition, the introduction and notes are by Robert Mighall.
For adult readers interested in Victorian classics and gothic fiction with moral undertones and reflections on art.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
