The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a gothic philosophical novel about beauty, vanity, corruption, and moral decay. The story follows Dorian Gray, a young man whose portrait ages and reveals the marks of his sins while he remains outwardly youthful and beautiful. Influenced by the cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian pursues pleasure without restraint, leading to secrecy, guilt, and tragedy. Blending social satire, psychological depth, and supernatural elements, this classic explores aestheticism, conscience, temptation, identity, and the dangerous cost of living only for sensation.