El Retrato de Dorian Grey

When The Picture of Dorian Gray was published in 1890, Oscar Wilde was attacked for its “mawkish and nauseous” tone. It is Oscar Wilde’s version of the Faust myth, where a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth: His portrait may grow old, but not he. Oscar Wilde has never gone out of fashion. He has recently been portrayed by Stephen Fry, in a film and been the subject of a critically acclaimed Broadway play.The Picture of Dorian Gray was the first Modern Library book published by Boni and Liveright in May 1917. Since then, it has been a staple of the Modern Library hardcover line. It is a natural choice for the new Modern Library Paperback Classic list.

This edition includes an Introduction by Quentin Crisp, author of The Naked Civil Servant.