The Picture of Dorian Gray by Monsieur Oscar Wilde Paperback Book 9781595970152

Oscar Wildes chilling fable comes to new life With thirteen original and evocative BW illustrations by John Murphy quotEternal youth infi nite passion pleasures subtle and seccret wild joys and wilder sinshe was to have all these things The portrait was to bear the burden of his shamequot Such is the fateful wish of Dorian Gray the young aristocrat who enthralled by his own beauty makes a Devils Bargain his portrait will age while he remains eternally young Poisoned by the influence of the insidiously charming Lord Henry Wotton Dorian makes the pursuit of new and sinful sensations his highest aim in life As he tests Lord Henrys theories of Hedonism in the decadent underbelly of Victorian London Dorians good looks remain unblemished His portrait must bear the burden of his sins