One of the most shocking novels of a generation, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel, combines sparkiing with social satire and indulgently luxurious description. The three main characters are the artist, Basil Hallward,, like Wilde inspired by beauty, the languorous and influential Lord Henry - "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about" - and Dorian Gray himself whose lust for eternal youth was inspired by Wilde who on seeing a portrait of himself remarked, "What a tragic thing it is! The portrait will never grow older and I shall. If it was only the other way!" Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He was educated at Trinity College and Oxford where he achieved a double first. Wilde's reputation as a dramatist, poet and novelist was established in only seven years from his first short story The Happy Prince to The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. he died in France 1900 ruined by a notorious libel case and two years in Reading gaol. Abridged - 2 cassettes - 3hrs app. ISBN: 9781901768725 or 1901768724

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