The Picture of Dorian Gray (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
Oscar Wilde once wrote, 'The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away.' It's a line that cuts to the heart of this extraordinary novel, and it lingers long after the final page. Dorian Gray arrives in the story as a young man of striking beauty, the kind of face that stops people mid-sentence. When the morally earnest painter Basil Hallward sets about capturing that beauty on canvas, the witty and corrupting Lord Henry hovers nearby, whispering seductively about the fleeting nature of youth. Dorian listens. Rather too well, as it turns out. Captivated by his own portrait, he strikes a peculiar bargain with fate: let the painting age and wither, while he stays perpetually young. Wish granted. What follows is a slow, gripping descent. The portrait quietly rots in a locked attic whilst Dorian pursues scandal and selfish pleasure with increasing abandon. Wilde traces this moral collapse with sharp wit and genuine menace, asking a question that gives the reader pause: does getting everything you want actually make you happy? This deluxe hardbound edition presents Wilde's only novel in a format worthy of its stature. Nearly a century and a quarter after publication, this Gothic fable about vanity, conscience, and the hidden cost of beauty remains as unsettling and as relevant as ever.
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 978-9354402173
- Pages: 240 pages