The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde
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‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it’ The Picture of Dorian Gray

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSHDorian is a good-natured young man until he falls in with the immoral Lord Henry and 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 and decadent lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story

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"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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