Bring a touch of timeless, literary elegance to your bookshelves with the Collins Classics edition of Oscar Wilde’s dark masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Celebrated globally as a foundational pillar of Gothic fiction and the ultimate dark academia read, this stunning edition pairs Wilde’s brilliant, scandalous narrative with a beautifully curated, budget-friendly physical format.
Set against the atmospheric, rain-slicked streets and opulent drawing rooms of Victorian London, the story follows the breathtakingly beautiful young aristocrat, Dorian Gray. Captivated by his own portrait and corrupted by the hedonistic philosophies of the cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a fateful, desperate wish: to trade his soul so that he may remain eternally young and flawless, while the canvas bears the scars of his aging and moral decay. As Dorian sinks into a hidden life of cruelty and wild extravagance, his face remains entirely innocent—but behind locked doors, the hidden portrait twists into a grotesque, terrifying reflection of his rotting soul.
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