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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde Completed
Language: English
English ·Literary ·Completed
·Oscar Wilde
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The Picture of Dorian Grayis the only published novel of the most controversial English play wrightOscar Wilde. Not being a drama, this novel is not an exemption of controversies, and has gone through many edits due to strong outrage by British critics to the extent of asking for the author’s prosecution.
Basil Hallward uses Dorian grey for one of his paintings and soon become infatuated with the beautiful model Dorian Grey. Lord Henry, a friend of Basil suggests that beauty is the only thing to be pursued, and Dorian asks Basil to paint his portrait which looks older than his actual age, which can ensure Dorian remains young. Dorian soon falls in love with Sibyl Vane, an actor and loves her for her acting abilities. However Sibyl ruins her life by compromising her acting skill for her love with Dorian which ultimately results in losing her love and end up committing suicide.
Meanwhile Dorian started living a grey life and committing many crimes including killing Basil Hallward and blackmailing his old friend Alan Campbell who helped him to dispose the murdered body of Basil Hallward. The novel ends up Dorian damages his painting which reminded his young and beauty than what actually he is now. Hearing strange sounds from his room, his servants opens the doors of his room and found an old and ugly man found dead, who is nothing but the beautiful Dorian the world imagined.

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