The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde'A triumph of execution one of the best narratives of the "double life" of a Victorian gentleman' Peter Ackroyd Oscar Wilde's alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succs de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray who, enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a

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she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment

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and reconnecting with those you have lost

Two tales of exile intertwined into a profound double portrait

A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority

author of The Women