Picture of Dorian Gray

The beautiful Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth. Inspired by his friend the hedonistic Lord Henry, he embarks on a life of decadence, debauchery and corruption: he remains physically unchanged, while his portrait, painted by his friend Basil Hallward and hidden behind a curtain in an attic room, becomes increasingly and monstrously hideous. 'Basil Hallward is what I think I am,' he wrote: 'Lord Henry is what the world thinks of me: Dorian is what I would like to be - in other ages, perhaps.'A new Faber Classics edition of the chilling cautionary tale.