THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a novel that tellsthe story
of a young man named Dorian Graywho becomes obsessedwith the
idea of eternal youth and beauty. The novel beginswith Dorian, a
handsome and innocent young man,sitting for a portrait painted by
the talented artist BasilHallward. While admiring his own beauty in
the portrait, Dorian expresses awish that he could remain young and
untouched by the passage of time,while the paintingwould age
instead. As Dorian indulgesin a life of hedonism and debauchery, he
realizesthat hiswish hascome true—the portrait ages and showsthe
effects of hissinful lifestyle,while he remains youthful and untouched.
Dorian becomesincreasingly corrupted by his own desires and immoral