The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a reissue published by Macmillan Collector’s Library on March 21, 2017. This edition, comprising 288 pages, is designed for book lovers, featuring a beautifully bound pocket-sized format with real cloth, high-quality paper, ribbon markers, and gilt edges. The novel explores the themes of beauty and morality within the context of Victorian high society, presenting a narrative that delves into the darker aspects of human nature.
Readers will find a compelling story centered on Dorian Gray, a young man whose desire to remain eternally youthful leads him down a path of hedonism and moral decay. As he indulges in vice and crime, his outward appearance remains unchanged, while a hidden portrait in his attic bears the consequences of his actions. This classic work of fiction, rich in gothic elements, invites reflection on the nature of art, identity, and the price of vanity.
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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.
A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde’s only novel cuts beneath the polished surface to the murky depths of Victorian high society.
Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization 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. But, hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become.
Featuring an afterword by the playwright and actor Peter Harness.
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