The Picture of Dorian Gray is Wilde’s only novel, a gothic horror charting the story of the hedonistic Gray, who trades his soul for eternal youth. Contemporary critics slammed the book as an affront ...

Analysis: Le Fanu's gothic stories can help us engage in the ... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73) the Irish novelist and journalist. He was born in Dublin, a grand nephew of Richard Sheridan.