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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella -length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. [1] [2] The novel-length version was published in April 1891.
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England.
Jun 20, 2024 · The 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 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’.
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Introduction. If I could stay young and the picture grow old! For that — for that — I would give everything! I would give my soul for that! When the artist Basil Hallward paints a picture of his friend, the young and very handsome Dorian Gray, it is the most important work of his life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, published in 1890, stands as a classic exploration of morality and the consequences of unchecked desires. Set in late 19th-century London, the novel follows the life of Dorian Gray, a young man enthralled by the hedonistic ideals of of a man called Lord Henry.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Moral fantasy novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. It was published in an early form in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890. The only novel written by Wilde, it had six additional chapters when it was released as a book in 1891.
Written as a serialized novel in 1890 but heavily revised in 1891, The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the story of an attractive young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty. After a friend paints a portrait of him that perfectly captures his beauty, Dorian utters the fateful wish that the portrait age instead of him.
