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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

A portrait and the cost of appearances

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A portrait and the cost of appearances

Dorian Gray’s bargain separates outward appearance from the consequences of his private life: he remains youthful while his portrait records the marks of his choices. Under Lord Henry Wotton’s influence, Dorian moves between secret indulgence and the respectable face he presents to society. The portrait gives the novel a vivid way to frame its central tensions around beauty, morality, secrecy, and the split between public image and private conduct.

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  • Readers interested in classic fiction about beauty, morality, and the consequences of indulgence.
  • Those drawn to stories set against the contrast between private behavior and social respectability.

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Beauty and youthMorality and indulgencePublic image and private conductSecrecy and consequence

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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 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 succ
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