Baker & Taylor Featuring an introduction by Quentin Crisp, author of The Naked Civil Servant, the author's classic novel about the Faust myth, in which a young dandy trades his soul for eternal youth, first appeared in 1890. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Baker & Taylor The handsome appearance of dissolute young Dorian Gray remains unchanged while the features in his portrait become distorted as his degeneration progresses
Random House, Inc. Introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides â¢Â Nominated as one of Americaâs best-loved novels by PBSâs The Great American Read
Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wildeâs story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the authorâs most popular work. The tale of Dorian Grayâs moral disintegration caused a scandal when it ?rst appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novelâs corrupting in?uence, he responded that there is, in fact, âa terrible moral in Dorian Gray.â Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wildeâs homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Grayâs relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, âBasil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to beâin other ages, perhaps.â
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