'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.

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tevenson's famous exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil, "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," has become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a morality tale, this dark psychological fantasy is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution, criminality, and secret lives. Also in this volume are "The Body Snatcher," which charts the murky underside of Victorian medical practice, and "Olalla," a tale of vampirism and "the beast within," with a beautiful woman at its center.

本书精选19世纪末20世纪初英国散文名家包括罗素、普莱斯利、萧伯纳、毛姆、吉辛、康拉德、E．M．福斯特、高尔斯华绥、赫胥黎、弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫等的散文40篇，附有作者简介、详尽的注释及三篇论述英国散文的文章。本书选文精当，注释详尽，可较大程度地提高中级以上英语学习者对现代英国散文的了解和鉴赏。钱锺书先生和陆谷孙先生分别为本书初版和新版作序。
本书可用作高等院校英语专业教材，也可供其他英语爱好者阅读参考之用。