Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward; who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech; Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian’s own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance; reality; art; life; truth; fiction and the burden of conscience.Oscar Wilde’s only full-length novel; The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness; which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth.
