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O Retrato de Dorian Grey
A Picture of Dorian Gray – Black Spine Collector’s Edition | Jumpmaster Press
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
A Picture of Dorian Gray — A Sinister Beauty Cast in Shadow
Swords, sand, and starlight.
He never aged. His portrait did. Oscar Wilde’s only novel remains a haunting masterpiece of vanity, desire, and moral decay — now reborn in a collector’s edition as dark and striking as Dorian’s secret.
This exclusive black-page edition presents Wilde’s unforgettable tale of aestheticism and consequence with stark visual
Printed entirely on deep black pages, with bright white text that gleams like candlelight in a velvet-draped study Bound in matte black, with minimalist white titling — a design as cold and elegant as Dorian’s charm No commentary. Just Wilde’s original vision, unfiltered and unadorned Perfect for collectors of gothic fiction, literary horror, and rare book design — a macabre treasure for any curated shelf
This edition doesn’t just tell Dorian’s story — it feels like Dorian’s soul: beautiful, polished, and hiding something dreadful beneath the surface.
Beauty fades. But this edition endures.
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“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
A Picture of Dorian Gray — A Sinister Beauty Cast in Shadow
Swords, sand, and starlight.
He never aged. His portrait did. Oscar Wilde’s only novel remains a haunting masterpiece of vanity, desire, and moral decay — now reborn in a collector’s edition as dark and striking as Dorian’s secret.
This exclusive black-page edition presents Wilde’s unforgettable tale of aestheticism and consequence with stark visual
Printed entirely on deep black pages, with bright white text that gleams like candlelight in a velvet-draped study Bound in matte black, with minimalist white titling — a design as cold and elegant as Dorian’s charm No commentary. Just Wilde’s original vision, unfiltered and unadorned Perfect for collectors of gothic fiction, literary horror, and rare book design — a macabre treasure for any curated shelf
This edition doesn’t just tell Dorian’s story — it feels like Dorian’s soul: beautiful, polished, and hiding something dreadful beneath the surface.
Beauty fades. But this edition endures.
Order Now from Jumpmaster Press
Bring home the book that dared to What would you trade for eternal youth?
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Published October 8, 2025
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Oscar Wilde
5,852 books39.5k followersOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he 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 his criminal conviction for gross indecency for homosexual acts.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
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December 9, 2025
Ler O Retrato de Dorian Gray depois de De Profundis foi entrar nesta história com os olhos mais abertos. Ao conhecer primeiro a voz íntima e dolorosa de Wilde, o romance ganha outra dimensão, quase sentimos o coração do autor por trás de cada frase elegante, irónica e ferida. A trama começa com Basil Hallward, um pintor sensível e reservado, que encontra no jovem Dorian Gray a sua maior inspiração. Para Basil, Dorian é mais do que um modelo, é o ideal de beleza que ele tenta fixar na tela e que, de certa forma, consome a sua própria alma.
Quando Lord Henry Wotton entra em cena, cínico, brilhante, encantador nas palavras e perigoso nas ideias , tudo muda. É Henry que planta em Dorian a obsessão pela juventude e pela beleza, e é a partir desse instante que o quadro se torna mais do que um simples retrato, torna-se o reflexo da alma que Dorian deseja negar.
O resto é a lenta construção de uma vida entregue ao prazer, à influência e ao peso das escolhas, sempre com o retrato a observar, silencioso e inevitável. O final é previsível, Wilde deixa pistas suficientes mas isso não diminui o impacto. A força do livro está na escrita, na ironia, na decadência subtil e na forma como o autor transforma vaidade, moralidade e desejo em matéria literária. É uma história que parece simples, mas que carrega uma profundidade inesperada, sobretudo depois de ler De Profundis e perceber a fragilidade e a verdade por trás de quem a escreveu.
Brilhante, elegante, inquietante.
E um clássico que continua a ser um espelho para quem o lê.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
Quando Lord Henry Wotton entra em cena, cínico, brilhante, encantador nas palavras e perigoso nas ideias , tudo muda. É Henry que planta em Dorian a obsessão pela juventude e pela beleza, e é a partir desse instante que o quadro se torna mais do que um simples retrato, torna-se o reflexo da alma que Dorian deseja negar.
O resto é a lenta construção de uma vida entregue ao prazer, à influência e ao peso das escolhas, sempre com o retrato a observar, silencioso e inevitável. O final é previsível, Wilde deixa pistas suficientes mas isso não diminui o impacto. A força do livro está na escrita, na ironia, na decadência subtil e na forma como o autor transforma vaidade, moralidade e desejo em matéria literária. É uma história que parece simples, mas que carrega uma profundidade inesperada, sobretudo depois de ler De Profundis e perceber a fragilidade e a verdade por trás de quem a escreveu.
Brilhante, elegante, inquietante.
E um clássico que continua a ser um espelho para quem o lê.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
July 17, 2025
oh my god that last paragraph.
these three win the most toxic trio award. the joy I felt when Lord Henry said he got divorced?? fantastic. good for her. get outta there victoria
these three win the most toxic trio award. the joy I felt when Lord Henry said he got divorced?? fantastic. good for her. get outta there victoria
April 23, 2026
What a book, a true classic! Still most relevant and contemporary. The language is a mere beauty, an artwork in itself. However, at the same time, some passages about perfumes, jewellery & Co were a bit tiring (although I see the intend of the passages…), so that I would subtract half a star and end up with 4.5 ⭐️.
Dorian, the innocence and beauty, who progressed to a soulless, superficial shell. Lord Henry, a mephisto-like character, the antihero. And Basil, the naive, beauty-seeking artist (does he foresees the evilness in Dorian?), the opposing figure. Sibyll, who has just a small but really tragic role. True love can only be for the person within!
The book has so many philosophical layers - I am sure I missed a lot.
Beauty and Art, Influence and Manipulations, Morality and Consequences. The book is ever-present after I finished reading it, there is so much to digest and dissect.
What stood out for me was the appeal to not overemphasis the look and appearance and not forget about the inner values. Dorian cannot survive without his soul and consciousness. At least, this is how I read the end. One lesson: You have to be true to yourself and do not listen too much to manipulative influences!
Both aspects makes the book so relevant to our modern (social media) society. Deep connections matter!
While reading I really loved how the book is a cruel parody of the upper societies of the Victorian era. They simply live a superficial and worthless life. I am sure that this book really agitated „the people“.
Dorian, the innocence and beauty, who progressed to a soulless, superficial shell. Lord Henry, a mephisto-like character, the antihero. And Basil, the naive, beauty-seeking artist (does he foresees the evilness in Dorian?), the opposing figure. Sibyll, who has just a small but really tragic role. True love can only be for the person within!
The book has so many philosophical layers - I am sure I missed a lot.
Beauty and Art, Influence and Manipulations, Morality and Consequences. The book is ever-present after I finished reading it, there is so much to digest and dissect.
What stood out for me was the appeal to not overemphasis the look and appearance and not forget about the inner values. Dorian cannot survive without his soul and consciousness. At least, this is how I read the end. One lesson: You have to be true to yourself and do not listen too much to manipulative influences!
Both aspects makes the book so relevant to our modern (social media) society. Deep connections matter!
While reading I really loved how the book is a cruel parody of the upper societies of the Victorian era. They simply live a superficial and worthless life. I am sure that this book really agitated „the people“.
March 14, 2025
like a nerd i really enjoyed reading both the original and edited publications side by side. boy oh boy does oscar have things to say!
January 21, 2026
rip dorian gray you would have loved instagram filters
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November 5, 2025Does anyone know if this version makes it clear what was censored?
ISBN: 1803986409
ISBN: 1803986409
March 23, 2026
the misogynistic undertones throughout all of his works is just interesting... was it the time period? was it gender envy bc women could openly love men?? hm
March 14, 2026
O retrato mostra a verdadeira alma de Dorian.
January 17, 2026
this book could be 100 pages shorter and it wouldn't be a problem. The story itself is good, but it is too slow, and there is so much irrelevant information that at points it was insufferable. I am glad that I have finally finished this
June 20, 2024
finally got back into reading this and absolutely loved it. definitely one of the more easy classics to read
April 22, 2025
ran this back for my literature & sexuality class. still a banger as always
December 1, 2025
time to write a book report on how this is one of the worst books i’ve ever read
May 7, 2026
Deus e os profetas maiores QUE LIVRO CHATO
July 29, 2023
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
December 3, 2024
prime example of a problematic gay. A quotable easy read, with misogynistic commentary and a very homoerotic undertone. I can see why they locked him up for this.
November 23, 2025
Beautifully written. Wilde’s prose is just as rich and imaginative as his poetry. Equally philosophical as it was disturbing.
The idea behind the book is very interesting. Almost ahead of its time in its Gothic, supernatural, surrealist premise.
Literally one of the gayest books I’ve ever read, and I think the entire book can be read through that lens. Lord Henry embodies debauchery, pleasure, the wants and truths that society aims to suppress. He and Dorian also have canon chemistry and tension; in fact, Lord Henry is Dorian’s sexual awakening. Interestingly, Basil Hallward is equally as queer coded, but is undoubtedly a force of moral good. So in Wilde’s eyes, it is not homosexuality that is the sin, but instead just general unrepressed, all-encompassing sexuality and depravity.
Also interesting to view the work through a feminist lens. Lord Harry consistently mocks and discredits women- but he is not someone to replicate. I think Wilde shows respect to the actual women characters.
Chapter 7 was absolutely delightful. A challenge for Wilde and the reader. He, as the narrator/author, is flexing all of his miscellaneous knowledge and research, and he challenges the reader to understand each reference. So fun looking it all up.
Favorite quote:
“As he looked back on man moving through History, he was haunted by a feeling of loss. So much had been surrendered! and to such little purpose! There had been mad willful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear, and whose result was a degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.” (Pg. 151)
The idea behind the book is very interesting. Almost ahead of its time in its Gothic, supernatural, surrealist premise.
Literally one of the gayest books I’ve ever read, and I think the entire book can be read through that lens. Lord Henry embodies debauchery, pleasure, the wants and truths that society aims to suppress. He and Dorian also have canon chemistry and tension; in fact, Lord Henry is Dorian’s sexual awakening. Interestingly, Basil Hallward is equally as queer coded, but is undoubtedly a force of moral good. So in Wilde’s eyes, it is not homosexuality that is the sin, but instead just general unrepressed, all-encompassing sexuality and depravity.
Also interesting to view the work through a feminist lens. Lord Harry consistently mocks and discredits women- but he is not someone to replicate. I think Wilde shows respect to the actual women characters.
Chapter 7 was absolutely delightful. A challenge for Wilde and the reader. He, as the narrator/author, is flexing all of his miscellaneous knowledge and research, and he challenges the reader to understand each reference. So fun looking it all up.
Favorite quote:
“As he looked back on man moving through History, he was haunted by a feeling of loss. So much had been surrendered! and to such little purpose! There had been mad willful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear, and whose result was a degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.” (Pg. 151)
February 20, 2026
Um livro muito bom que me fez questionar sobre vários temas de psicologia como narcisismo valor narcísico e psicopatia, muito interessante observar a mente do protagonista. Adicionalmente fez me pensar sobre a importância do equilibro entre o prazer e a “inconveniência”, da punição e consequências dos nossos atos assim como da importância do envelhecimento e de dar valor ao nosso maior crescimento para além de questões superficiais tais como a aparência e bens materiais sem significado, assim como o peso que podemos ter na vida de outros mesmo que indiretamente. Considero que seja um livro muito importante especialmente na altura atual que vivemos baseada em aparências. Recomendo especialmente a pessoas que estudam psicologia.
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January 17, 2026
I wrote on the margins, “there is beautiful, and some ugly stuff in here.” What kept pulling me in were the conversations, point of views, and (at most times) annoying personalities or superiority complexes that are in the book. Which is interesting to me, because yes there were a lot of the characters I didn’t like, but what Wilde was either saying through them, or demonstrating, it nonetheless kept me reading and interested. However it took me quite a while to finish and I’m not here singing its praises tbh. It’s a good book, it’s interesting. But I don’t think it’s a must read and will change the way you think like… these are rich people who are grappling with the whole “intellect vs emotion,” and what is “beautiful” and “right,” like…. Idk it can kinda beeeeee a bit of an eye roll…. I mean this just feels like a story about narcissism and its destruction. Which is interesting too bc like… Lord Henry, THEE narcissus is never ever harmed or put in his place like… he just destroys everything and everyone around him without care but I guess that’s the portrait! Narcissism does just that. Yeah, anyway; yes, white people are prone to narcissism and it turns things ugly ugly ugly.
Art vs intellect; hedonism; morality; etc it’s discussed here. I can see how it blew up in popularity within its historical context for sure.
Art vs intellect; hedonism; morality; etc it’s discussed here. I can see how it blew up in popularity within its historical context for sure.
February 22, 2026
Li outra edição!
December 9, 2025
O Retrato de Dorian Gray tem um tema que muito me interessa: culto à beleza. Li muito acerca do assunto a partir do viés da psicanálise na faculdade, portanto me vi totalmente envolvida nessa leitura. Wilde trata do assunto a partir da história do inocente Dorian que se deixa corromper não pelo fantástico e vil Henry, mas sim por sua própria vaidade. E é nome dessa vaidade que Dorian degrada "sua alma". Com uma pegada filosófica, cheio de passagens memoráveis e um simbolismo elegante, Wilde desenvolve maravilhosamente sua crítica à sociedade que busca incessantemente o ideal de perfeição e juventude, passando por cima de todo o resto. Este é, sem dúvida, um dos melhores clássicos que já li.
February 18, 2026
A picture of absolute madness.
September 20, 2024
'There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear, and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.'
this is my second time reading this book, yet my first time reading the 1891 rerelease. Wilde is such a fantastic writer and this story is his masterpiece.
this is my second time reading this book, yet my first time reading the 1891 rerelease. Wilde is such a fantastic writer and this story is his masterpiece.
May 31, 2025
Unbearably boring and difficult to understand at time. Unrelatable plot, idiotic, unserious and dream-like characters/language. Just “helt ait”, and would do the same thing to a copy if I had my own as Dorian did to his friend/his remains(spoiler)
Not needed for proper human development/understanding.
Dorian needs to understand the world doesn’t evolve around him, he is not special although everyone makes him up to, and often then not he needs to just stfu🫶
Not needed for proper human development/understanding.
Dorian needs to understand the world doesn’t evolve around him, he is not special although everyone makes him up to, and often then not he needs to just stfu🫶
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January 28, 2026
é um livro que traz uma discussão bem interessante sobre hedonismo e a ideia de pureza. Em vários momentos a vida, o modo de viver e o modo de performar a própria vida são bem elencados.
A visão sobre a vida medíocre, a morte média, a imagem física e/ou da própria identidade são pontos bem centrais que levantam questionamentos existenciais consideráveis.
Dito isso, baita experiência, vou encarar o teto por mais um tempo.
A visão sobre a vida medíocre, a morte média, a imagem física e/ou da própria identidade são pontos bem centrais que levantam questionamentos existenciais consideráveis.
Dito isso, baita experiência, vou encarar o teto por mais um tempo.
January 31, 2026
So good. Dorian and Lord Henry are the awful characters you love to hate. Just deplorable people. I read a lot of books on Narcissism Personality Disorder recently, too, so it was a great surprise when I realized Dorian is a narcissist. I didn't read the first version, but the latter. I kind of want to savor it and go back and read again after it's settled in my mind and after I've had a chance to write and reflect on it a bit more in-depth.
January 3, 2025
The idea of exchanging the soul for an eternal youth may seem the interesting one, but in the case of this novel the story becomes the most tedious of all. True, the period of time must be taken into consideration, but there are many more novels which had been written even earlier one can find more captivating and far more interesting than the Picture of Dorian Gray.
February 4, 2025
excellent collection of dorian gray criticisms, analyses and background. very informative and covers a lot of bases regarding the novel. both versions of the novel included notes that enhanced the experience. i’d recommend to anyone interested in learning more about dorian gray—and the influences behind it, along with oscar wilde.
January 29, 2025
basil ölmeseydi daha iyi olurdu
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October 30, 2025
Still good.
November 16, 2025
First half is agonizing if you don’t like having a think
It gets better in the second half trust the process!
It gets better in the second half trust the process!
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