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Bookmark or Share- The Picture of Dorian Gray | Summary, Legacy, & Facts | BritannicaThe Picture of Dorian Gray, moral fantasy novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published first in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890 and as a book in 1891. It is an archetypal tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul and a romantic exposition of Wilde’s own Aestheticism.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Project Gutenberg"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a novel written in the late 19th century. It explores themes ofbeauty, hedonism, and the consequences of living a life focused solely on sensory experience through the experiences of its main character, Dorian Gray.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - GoodreadsThe Picture of Dorian Gray begins on a beautiful summer day in Victorian era England, where Lord Henry Wotton, an opinionated man, is observing the sensitive artist Basil Hallward painting the portrait of Dorian Gray, a handsome young man who is Basil's ultimate muse.
- A Summary and Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s one novel, published originally in 1890 (as a serial) and then in book form the following year. The novel is at once an example of late Victorian Gothic horror and, in some ways, the greatest English-language novel about decadence and aestheticism, or ‘art for art’s sake’.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray: Full Book Summary - SparkNotesIn the stately London home of his aunt, Lady Brandon, the well-known artist Basil Hallward meets Dorian Gray. Dorian is a cultured, wealthy, and impossibly beautiful young man who immediately captures Basil’s artistic imagination.
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