內容簡介
才華洋溢的畫家巴索爾因緣結識了年輕俊美的道林‧格雷，立刻請格雷做自己的模特兒畫肖像畫，巴索爾知道，這幅畫將會是他畢生傑作。隨著畫像即將完成，巴索爾對格雷越加依戀，此時畫家的老友亨利勳爵意外來訪。亨利勳爵雖有貴族身分，但行事放縱不羈，沉浸享樂，他對年輕而單純的格雷十分有興趣，想試試自己對格雷能有多大影響，因此開始灌輸格雷自己那一套享樂主義。肖像畫完成後，格雷也驚艷於自己的美貌，心中的虛榮感隨之甦醒，他害怕自己將會失去青春年華、失去美麗外表，忍不住說出願以靈魂交換畫像中不朽的容顏。
格雷跟著亨利勳爵流連於奢華放蕩的社交宴會，沉溺於旁人對他的愛慕，此時格雷認識了美麗出眾的女演員希珀，折服於她的動人演技，而希珀也深受格雷吸引，兩人陷入熱戀。想不到，希珀嘗試過真正的愛情，對於要在舞台上演出虛假的感情就不屑一顧，演技突然變得生硬做作，讓格雷大失所望，一怒之下斷然與希珀分手，絕望的希珀當晚便自殺身亡。
格雷知道消息後雖然感到震驚，卻不認為自己有錯，他的內心已然失去同情與愛憐；此時格雷無意間看到自己那張畫像，發現畫像中的他，嘴角竟扯出一抹殘忍的神色……
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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作者介紹
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.
