A haunting tale of eternal youth, moral decay, and the portrait that bears his sins.
The Picture of Dorian Gray invites you into a lush, decadent London where beauty becomes an obsession and a single portrait holds unsettling power. When the young and irresistible Dorian Gray is introduced to a seductive philosophy of pleasure by the charismatic Lord Henry, he embarks on a life of indulgence that tests the boundaries between appearance and conscience without revealing the private price he pays. Wilde's razor-sharp wit, epigrammatic dialogue and gorgeously ornate prose turn this compact novel into a chilling meditation on vanity, art, and the corrosive effects of living for sensation alone.