The Norton Library edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray features the complete text of the revised and expanded version of the novel, published in 1891. In his insightful introduction, Sean O’Toole sheds new light on the novel’s philosophical and stylistic achievements and on the cultural milieu that shaped Wilde’s groundbreaking exploration of beauty, desire, and the dangers of influence.

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About the Authors

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Wilde studied at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College in Oxford, England, before settling down in London and having a long, successful career as a poet, playwright, and author. Wilde is best known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and for his satirical play The Importance of Being Earnest.

Sean O’Toole is Professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY, where his research and teaching interests include nineteenth-century literature, the history and theory of the novel, queer and Irish literature, Great Works, and college writing. He is the author of two books: Habit in the English Novel: Lived Environments and Practices of the Self (2013) and Dorian Unbound: Transnational Decadence and the Wilde Archive (2023). He lives in New York City and the Catskills.

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