The Picture of Dorian Gray (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward, Sibyl Vane, James Vane
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Guilt, England or English people, Good and evil, Moral conditions, London, Youth, Ethics, Painting or painters, Pictures
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
One day in his London studio, Basil Hallward was putting a few finishing touches on a portrait of his handsome young friend, Dorian Gray. Lord Henry Wotton, a caller, indolently watched the painter at work. When his friend admired the subject of the painting, the artist explained that Dorian was his ideal of youth and that he hoped Lord Henry would never meet him because the older man’s influence would be absolute and evil.
While they were talking, Dorian Gray himself came to the studio and Hallward, much against his will, was forced to introduce the young...
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