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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH

Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age.



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[A] remarkable work of imagination...A wonderfully entertaining parable of the aesthetic ideal * Guardian *
A heady late-Victorian tale of double-living -- Sarah Waters
There's an incurable disease afflicting females - ageing. Men, on the other hand, never pass their amuse-by dates. Sean Connery is still cutting the sex god mustard and, if time flies, then HE has frequent air miles. Yet, you never hear a man described as mutton dressed as ram, now do you? This is a book about a bloke who realises that the night is young, but he is not... -- Kathy Lette
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde set the gold standard for chroniclers of decadence * Guardian *
Very decadent and Victorian * Savidge Reads *

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    A Paperback / softback by Oscar Wilde, Irvine Welsh

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 2 August 2007
      ISBN-13 9780099511144
      978-0099511144
      ISBN-10 0099511142
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      Books by Oscar Wilde

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH

      Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age.



      Trade Review
      [A] remarkable work of imagination...A wonderfully entertaining parable of the aesthetic ideal * Guardian *
      A heady late-Victorian tale of double-living -- Sarah Waters
      There's an incurable disease afflicting females - ageing. Men, on the other hand, never pass their amuse-by dates. Sean Connery is still cutting the sex god mustard and, if time flies, then HE has frequent air miles. Yet, you never hear a man described as mutton dressed as ram, now do you? This is a book about a bloke who realises that the night is young, but he is not... -- Kathy Lette
      In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde set the gold standard for chroniclers of decadence * Guardian *
      Very decadent and Victorian * Savidge Reads *

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