The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
- First published
- First published 1890
- Reading time
- 5 hr 44 min read
- Original language
- Originally in English
- Chapters
- 21 chapters
A portrait ages so its subject does not, and a beautiful young man discovers what that costs.
About this book
Wilde's only novel is a gorgeous, poisonous thing: a fable about beauty, influence and consequence, told in epigrams that are funny until they turn out to be true. Dorian keeps his face; the canvas keeps the record.
Why read this?
Every page has a line worth stealing, and the moral arrives with a knife behind its back.
Contents
- THE PREFACE2 min
- CHAPTER I25 min
- CHAPTER II28 min
- CHAPTER III22 min
- CHAPTER IV28 min
- CHAPTER V22 min
- CHAPTER VI14 min
- CHAPTER VII22 min
- CHAPTER VIII26 min
- CHAPTER IX20 min
- CHAPTER X16 min
- CHAPTER XI37 min
- CHAPTER XII14 min
- CHAPTER XIII13 min
- CHAPTER XIV23 min
- CHAPTER XV16 min
- CHAPTER XVI16 min
- CHAPTER XVII9 min
- CHAPTER XVIII17 min
- CHAPTER XIX18 min
- CHAPTER XX10 min
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Source & rights
- Source:
- Project Gutenberg
- Gutenberg ID:
- 174
Project Gutenberg plain-text edition, lightly reformatted for the web. This edition currently contains the opening chapters; the full text is being prepared.
Project Gutenberg plain-text edition, lightly reformatted for the web. This edition currently contains the opening chapters; the full text is being prepared.