Book Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde

Book Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a philosophical novel by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde; it is his only novel. The story centre's on Dorian Gray, the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, an aristocrat who teaches him that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. 

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a philosophical novel by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde; it is his only novel. The story centre’s on Dorian Gray, the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian’s beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, an aristocrat who teaches him that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. 

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Oscar Wilde

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Classic fiction: general and literary

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Title
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author
Oscar Wilde
License

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This work (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde) is free of known copyright restrictions.

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Primary Subject
Classic fiction: general and literary
Publisher
Ryerson University
Publication Date
February 15, 2022