Main Series #616. Penguin 1st, published 1949.
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
Condition grading: Fair. Losses to top and bottom of faded spine. Some marks and light creases to fboth covers. French inscription on first inside page.. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Main Series #616. Penguin 1st, published 1949.
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
Condition grading: Fair. Losses to top and bottom of faded spine. Some marks and light creases to fboth covers. French inscription on first inside page.. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
