After beautiful socialite Dorian Gray sits for a portrait, he casually remarks that he would like to forever appear as the young, pure man looking out from the canvas
In the years that follow, Dorian's is lured into a life of vain depravity, yet Dorian remains physically attractive. Instead, the portrait acquires the ugliness of his sin and perversion. Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray darkly addresses the sadistic and egotistical aspects of human nature.
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