'The horror, whatever it was, had not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous beauty'


Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray 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 gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succès de scandale . Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.

This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.

In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert ("dessert?"), to Ireland and the United Kingdom to show who Wilde was as a private person and as a writer.

本书是王尔德创作的短篇小说的合集，初版于1891年，其中收录了四篇短篇小说，分别为：《亚瑟•萨维尔勋爵的罪行》、《没有秘密的斯芬克司》、《坎特维尔的幽灵》和《当模特的百万富翁》。这些故事构思精巧、一波三折，营造出一种荒诞的真实：被手相师预言可怕命运的年轻贵族，谜一样的神秘女人，英国古堡里纠缠数百年的古怪幽灵，扮成乞丐给画家作模特的百万富翁……
作者用富于创造性的想象力，将唯美主义和现实主义社会批评倾向巧妙融合在一起，既描述了社会百态，又映射出人心的美与丑，笔锋犀利、情感敏锐，值得细细品味。

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.