The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
- First published
- First published 1890
- Reading time
- 53 min read
- Original language
- Originally in English
- Chapters
- 3 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.
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- 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.