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  1. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a television play episode of the BBC One anthology television series Play of the Month It stars Peter Firth, Jeremy Brett, an...

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  2. Dorian Gray, the title character of The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a decadent dandy of the Victorian era. Concerned with little but appearances, he lives a reckless, nonproductive existence.

  3. The Picture of Dorian Gray is set in the late 19th century in London, England. The city provides an appropriate backdrop for a tale about beauty, hedonism, and pleasure-seeking lifestyles. At various points in the novel, the seedy nature of large cities is highlighted as Dorian, a wealthy young man, visits some of the more ragged theaters of ...

  4. Oscar Wilde. 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.

  5. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American supernatural horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name. Released in June 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , the film was directed by Albert Lewin , and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray.

  6. The power of one to affect another is a theme that pervades the novel. At first, Basil is influenced by his model Dorian. On a personal level, he is confused and changed by his romantic feelings, but Dorian’s influence is also more far-reaching, actually seeming to change Basil's ability for painting, and to change the painting itself in an ...

  7. Chapter 1. Basil Hallward entertains his friend Lord Henry Wotton, showing him a portrait he has recently painted of a young man named Dorian Gray. Henry tells Basil it’s his best work, but Basil doesn’t want to exhibit the piece—it’s far too personal. He reveals that Dorian has become quite meaningful to him, but he doesn’t want ...

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