A fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty in Oscar Wildes fascinating gothic tale. The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wildes only fulllength novel is the enduringly eerie story of a nave and irresistible young man lured by decadent Lord Henry Wotton into a life of depravity. Though Dorian is steeped in sin his face remains perfect unlined as years passwhile only his portrait locked away reveals the blackness of his soul. This timeless tale of Gothic horror and fable reveling in the unabashed hedonism and cynical wit of its characters epitomizes Wildes literary revolt against the proprieties of the Victorian era. Sharing this volume with The Picture of Dorian Gray are Wildes clever and sophisticated story Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and two of his delicate fairy tales The Happy Prince and The Birthday of the Infanta. With an Introduction by Gary Schnidgall and an Afterword by Peter Raby show more