Picture of Dorian Gray A Gothic and Philosophical Novel by Oscar Wilde, First Published Complete in the July 1890 Issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the Story Was Indecent, the Magazine's Editor Deleted Roughly Five Hundred Words

Name: Picture of Dorian Gray A Gothic and Philosophical Novel by Oscar Wilde, First Published Complete in the July 1890 Issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the Story Was Indecent, the Magazine's Editor Deleted Roughly Five Hundred Words
Rating: 8.57 (4263 reviews)
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9798637451906

Language: English
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 169
ISBN: 9798637451906

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, the young and handsome Dorian Gray makes a fateful wish: that the painting would age and bear the marks of his sins, while he remains eternally youthful and beautiful. Under the influence of the hedonistic Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian embarks on a life of unchecked indulgence and moral corruption, maintaining a facade of respectability in polite society.

Only the hidden portrait reflects the true cost of his libertine existence, a grotesque mirror to his decaying soul. Oscar Wilde's singular novel explores themes of beauty, morality, and the corrupting power of influence, inviting readers to confront the consequences of a life devoted to superficiality and pleasure.