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  1. 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.

    • Ronan Mcdonald
  2. The Picture of Dorian Gray Full Book Summary. Previous Next. In the stately London home of his aunt, Lady Brandon, the well-known artist Basil Hallward meets Dorian Gray. Dorian is a cultured, wealthy, and impossibly beautiful young man who immediately captures Basil’s artistic imagination.

    • Oscar Wilde
    • 1890
  3. The Picture of Dorian Gray has been analysed as an example of the Gothic horror novel, as a variation on the theme of the ‘double’, and as a narrative embodying some of the key aspects of late nineteenth-century aestheticism and decadence.

  4. 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 .

  5. 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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