When penniless businessman Mr. Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr. Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford that the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon.

With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find—a world of freezing nights, boiling days, and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays, and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kiberd, and Terence Brown.

A comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde together with a chronological table of his life and work are also included.