The Picture of Dorian Gray
By Oscar Wilde
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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
9780007382705
by Oscar Wilde
William Collins
3 June 2010
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English
Autobiography: arts & entertainment
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Classic horror & ghost stories
Ethical issues & debates
Individual artists, art monographs
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literary theory
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Painting & paintings
Plays, playscripts
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Classic horror & ghost stories
Ethical issues & debates
Individual artists, art monographs
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literary theory
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Painting & paintings
Plays, playscripts
Author Biography
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.