<P> Though Oscar Wilde never published anything within its pages , it was linked to him because Beardsley had illustrated his Salomé and because he was on friendly terms with many of the contributors . Moreover , in Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray ( 1891 ) , a major corrupting influence on Dorian is `` the yellow book '' which Lord Henry sends over to amuse him after the suicide of his first love . This `` yellow book '' is understood by critics to be À rebours by Joris - Karl Huysmans , a representative work of Parisian decadence that heavily influenced British aesthetes like Beardsley . Such books in Paris were wrapped in yellow paper to alert the reader to their lascivious content . It is not clear , however , whether Dorian Gray is the direct source for the review 's title . Wilde was purported to have been carrying a copy of the first `` Yellow Book '' when he was arrested , at the Cadogan Hotel , in 1895 , though in fact it was a copy of Pierre Louÿs 's racy , yellow - bound novel Aphrodite . </P>
<P> Though Oscar Wilde never published anything within its pages , it was linked to him because Beardsley had illustrated his Salomé and because he was on friendly terms with many of the contributors . Moreover , in Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray ( 1891 ) , a major corrupting influence on Dorian is `` the yellow book '' which Lord Henry sends over to amuse him after the suicide of his first love . This `` yellow book '' is understood by critics to be À rebours by Joris - Karl Huysmans , a representative work of Parisian decadence that heavily influenced British aesthetes like Beardsley . Such books in Paris were wrapped in yellow paper to alert the reader to their lascivious content . It is not clear , however , whether Dorian Gray is the direct source for the review 's title . Wilde was purported to have been carrying a copy of the first `` Yellow Book '' when he was arrested , at the Cadogan Hotel , in 1895 , though in fact it was a copy of Pierre Louÿs 's racy , yellow - bound novel Aphrodite . </P>
what is the yellow book in dorian gray
what is the yellow book in dorian gray
À rebours by Joris - Karl Huysmans
À rebours by Joris - Karl Huysmans