-1890 first published edition- 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 novel has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb. For 1891 edition (XX chapters), see Intra 2022 edition. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts, imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at age 46. Mysteria A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.