title: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel
author:  Oscar Wilde 
description: The classic tale of a man who sells his moral health for the opportunity to retain his youth and good looks, and the portrait that reveals his own corruption to him, is well-suited to this graphic novel adaptation. Edginton retains many of Wildes eloquent phrasings, and Culbards black-and-white images give us a Belle Epoch London to fit with Dorian Grays recklessness. Lord Henry Wootons Svengali role is clearly defined here, and the working-class victims of Grays appetites and denialsincluding the Vane siblingshave some of the most distinct and personalized features among the cast of characters. Gray himself verges on cartoon proportions, a fitting tribute to Wildes presentation of him as lacking moral depth. Fitting with the original story, Culbard uses scenes from taverns, opium dens, and bawdy houses, and includes an image of an accurately rendered male nude garden statue. Teens who have read the original will appreciate this rendition, and those who havent read Wilde directly should be encouraged to give him a try after this taste. Grades 8-12. --Francisca Goldsmith
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  THE PICTURE 
   
  OF 
   
  DORIAN GRAY 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Oscar Wilde 
   
   
   
   
   
  Edited by James Gifford 
   
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Published by 
   
  McPherson Library, Special Collections 
  University of Victoria  
  PO Box 1800  
  STN CSC  
  Victoria, BC  
  V8W 3H5, Canada 
   
  2011 
   
  Editorial Materials © James Gifford 2011 
   
   
   
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
   
   
   
  Introduction 
   
  James Gifford 
   
  i 
  The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) 
   
  1 
  Endnotes 
   
  144 
  “Preface” 
   
  159 
  Works Cited 
  161 
   
  
   
   
   
  
   
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  INTRODUCTION 
   
  IN 1890, Oscar Wilde published the first version of The Picture of 
  Dorian Gray in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. After vociferous public 
  responses to the novel’s “one element… which will taint every young 
  mind that comes in contact with it” (M