The Picture of Dorian Gray

What would you sacrifice to remain young forever? Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of the great masterpieces of Victorian literature—a haunting novel of beauty, temptation, influence, secrecy, and moral corruption. Dorian Gray is young, admired, and seemingly untouched by the darker realities of life. But when the artist Basil Hallward paints his portrait, Dorian suddenly becomes aware of an unbearable truth: while the painting will preserve his youth forever, he himself must grow old.Under the influence of the brilliant and cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes an extraordinary wish: that the portrait should age in his place, while he remains forever young. The impossible becomes reality.As the years pass, Dorian’s appearance remains unchanged. Behind closed doors, however, the hidden portrait begins to reveal the consequences of his choices. Every act of cruelty, every secret and every moral compromise leaves its mark—not upon Dorian’s face, but upon the painted image he desperately conceals from the world.