Picture of Dorian Gray (Annotated Keynote Classics)

Now a revered gothic classic, when this novel was first published it was said to be poisonous and, "e,heavy with the mephitic odours of moral and spiritual putrefaction - a gloating study of the mental and physical corruption of a fresh, fair and golden youth . . ."e, Dorian Gray is granted eternal youth and good looks, but under the influence of a cold and calculating older gentleman, he dedicates his life to sensual pleasure. While he descends ever deeper into the world of sex, drugs, ...