More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincottâe(tm)s Monthly Magazine, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores all of the material removed by the novelâe(tm)s first editor. Upon receipt of the typescript, Wildeâe(tm)s editor panicked at what he saw. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find âeoeoffensiveâe#157;âe"especially instances of graphic homosexual content. He proceeded to go through the typescript with his pencil, cleaning it up until he made it âeoeacceptable to the most fastidious taste.âe#157; Wilde did not see these changes until his novel appeared in print. Wildeâe(tm)s editorâe(tm)s concern was well placed. Even in its redacted form, the novel caused public outcry. The British press condemned it as âeoevulgar,âe#157; âeoeunclean,âe#157; âeoepoisonous,âe#157; âeoediscreditable,âe#157; and âeoea sham.âe#157; When Wilde later enlarged the novel for publication in book form, he responded to his critics by further toning down its âeoeimmoralâe#157; elements. Wilde famously said that The Picture of Dorian Gray âeoecontains much of meâe#157;: Basil Hallward is âeoewhat I think I am,âe#157; Lord Henry âeoewhat the world thinks me,âe#157; and âeoeDorian what I would like to beâe"in other ages, perhaps.âe#157; Wildeâe(tm)s comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own repressive Victorian era. By implication, Wilde would have preferred we read today the uncensored version of his novel.