The Picture of Dorian Gray

Novel. English Edition | Elegant gift edition | The timeless classic about longing, art and the price of perfect appearances

von Oscar Wilde

283 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Dorian Gray is young, rich, and dazzlingly beautiful. When sitting for a portrait, he is drawn into the orbit of Lord Henry Wotton—a brilliant talker whose wit turns temptation into a philosophy. A reckless wish takes hold: let the painting bear the marks of time and sin, while Dorian remains untouched.

In fin-de-siècle London, years pass. Dorian moves through drawing rooms and back streets alike, adored in public, feared in whispers, shedding scruple as easily as he changes gloves. Locked away, the canvas becomes his secret history ...

Wilde’s only novel is epigrammatic, intoxicating—a glittering comedy of manners that turns, sentence by sentence, into a gothic meditation on desire, art, and the price of perfect appearances.

• Reihe: Timeless Classics by Insel
• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9783458646433
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2026
• Größe: 20.5 x 12.5 cm
• Verlag: Insel Verlag