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Paperback. Enthralled by Dorian Gray' own exquisite portrait, he 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. Editor(s): Mighall, Robert. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228 253pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439570
ISBN
9780141439570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

Paperback. Tells the story of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place, the picture becomes his hideous secret, as it follows Dorian's own downward spiral into cruelty and depravity. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141199498
ISBN
9780141199498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Mighall, Robert. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: D; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442464
ISBN
9780141442464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375751516
ISBN
9780375751516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.78

paperback. Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. Editor(s): Bristow, Joseph. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535989
ISBN
9780199535989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008110642
ISBN
9780008110642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.73

Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192642
ISBN
9780141192642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Vavere, Natasha. Translator(s): Zoozmann, Richard. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 49. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Parapara Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911326007
ISBN
9781911326007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Celebrates the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397788
ISBN
9780141397788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.13

Hardback. On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siecle decadence. Although sin is punished in the end the book has a flavour of the elegantly perverse.

With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

" Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93 x 18. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827831
ISBN
9781509827831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.65

Paperback. Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. Editor(s): Sloan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535064
ISBN
9780199535064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891.

Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with an Afterword by David Stuart Davies.

Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 150 x 93 x 19. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827824
ISBN
9781509827824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel's first editor, who feared it would be "offensive" to Victorians. Editor(s): Frankel, Nicholas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Gld
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066311
ISBN
9780674066311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307743527
ISBN
9780307743527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261237
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A graphic novel that features a materialistic American family that moves into the English mansion of Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of the resident ghost. Illustrator(s): Bryant, Steve; Millet, Jason. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael. Num Pages: 144 pages, Chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 9. Weight in Grams: 460. The Graphic Novel. Quick Text. 144 pages, Chiefly col. Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Bryant, Steve; Millet, Jason. A graphic novel that features a materialistic American family that moves into the English mansion of Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of the resident ghost. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 9. Weight: 460. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael.
Publisher
Classical
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
British English ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906332280
ISBN
9781906332280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In "Dorian Gray," Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. This volume also includes three of the Irish master storyteller's short stories: RThe Happy Prince, S RThe Birthday of the Infanta, S and RLord Arthur Savile's Crime.S Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 23. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530455
ISBN
9780451530455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.12

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth. This edition contains photographs and a wealth of extra material. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493729
ISBN
9781847493729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. A graphic novel that features a materialistic American family that moves into the English mansion of Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of the resident ghost. Illustrator(s): Bryant, Steve; Millet, Jason. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael. Num Pages: 144 pages, Chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 9. Weight in Grams: 458. The Graphic Novel. Original Text. 144 pages, Chiefly col. Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Bryant, Steve; Millet, Jason. A graphic novel that features a materialistic American family that moves into the English mansion of Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of the resident ghost. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 9. Weight: 460. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael.
Publisher
Classical
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
British English ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906332273
ISBN
9781906332273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Set in Istanbul between 1975 and today, this title tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique. Translator(s): Freely, Maureen. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 51. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237029
ISBN
9780571237029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A novel that touches on issues of race, gender roles, and women's education in the late eighteenth century. It tells a story of desire, transgression, and remorse over the lives of a mother and daughter. It begins and ends with the relationship between Adeline and her intellectual, experimental mother, Editha. Editor(s): McWhir, Anne. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114521
ISBN
9781551114521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. A romance of destiny Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845881917
ISBN
9781845881917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.46

Paperback. When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Editor(s): Coote, Stephen. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431599
ISBN
9780140431599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and unsophisticated yet also ironically complex narrators ever to appear in English fiction. Editor(s): Friedman, Arthur; Mack, Robert L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537549
ISBN
9780199537549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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