The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

Publisher:

Ward, Lock and Co

, 1890

Overview

Writing in the height of the aesthetic movement in Europe, Oscar Wilde rose to the pinnacle of popular society on both the strength of his writing’s biting social commentary and his glittering public persona. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s first and only novel. Originally published in 1890, it tells the story of a handsome young man who becomes so alarmed by the transitory nature of youth that he makes a wish to stay young forever, while a picture of him ages instead. When he realizes that his dearest wish has come true, young Dorian begins a treacherous pursuit of fleeting pleasure. This classic cautionary tale explores the nature of art, beauty, and morality.

Product Details

• Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Author: Oscar Wilde
• Publisher: Ward, Lock and Co
• Print Publication Date: 1890
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 354
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Fiction › Classics; Appearance (Philosophy › Fiction); Conduct of life › Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:PCTRDRNGRY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:02:38Z

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. Wilde’s parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German.