Oscar Wilde: Picture of Dorian Gray (Hardcover, 2006, Book Sales)
Hardcover, 229 pages
English language
Published Feb. 20, 2006 by Book Sales.
A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works.
A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works.
This was a little tough to get through. Luckily it was read by one of my favorite readers (Simon Vance), and I really liked the banter of Sir Henry.
The plot is rather bizarre, but the dialogue is fabulous. Lots of great lines in this book.
