Horror hides behind an attractive face in The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde's scandalous tale of a Victorian libertine and his life of evil excesses. Though Dorian's hedonistic indulgences leave no blemish on his ageless features the painted portrait imbued with his soul proves a living catalogue of corruption revealing in every new line and lesion it develops the manifold sins he has committed. Desperate to hide the physical evidence of his unregenerate spirit Dorian will stop at nothing to keep his picture's existence a secret. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Fantastic Tales collects four of Wilde's tales of the macabre. Leavened with wit and written with the flare that was the hallmark of Wilde's style they rank among the most sophisticated literary fantasies of the nineteenth century. Stories include: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Canterville Ghost The Sphinx Without a Secret Poems in Prose include: The Artist The Doer of Good The Disciple The Master The House of Judgement The Teacher of Wisdom
