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Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross indecency", imprisonment, and early death at age 46.
Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university, Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.

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Eternal youth. Hidden corruption. Can Dorian escape the darkness that lies within his soul? In The Pictures of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's iconic tale unfolds in two distinct versions, exploring the descent of Dorian Gray as he trades his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Each version presents Dorian's moral decay as his portrait bears the marks of his sins, while he remains outwardly unblemished. This edition offers readers the chance to explore both Wilde's original 13-chapter version and the later 20-chapter expansion, providing a unique perspective on this profound and haunting novel.