The Picture Of Dorian Gray Book Summary
He lives in a society that measures people harshly by their attraction and he wants to retain his power.
The picture of dorian gray book summary. Basil says that he cannot do that because he put too much of himself into that particular portrait. Dorian is a cultured wealthy and impossibly beautiful young man who immediately captures basil s artistic imagination. Although lord henry who is visiting with basil asks about the young man s identity basil declines to answer noting his preference for secrecy. Lord henry tells dorian about his epicurean views on life and convinces him of the value of beauty above all other things.
The young and impressionable dorian is greatly moved by lord henry s words. Dorian sits for several portraits and basil often depicts him as an ancient greek hero or a mythological figure. Book summary in his london studio artist basil hallward puts the finishing touches on his latest portrait that of a young man. The picture of dorian gray summary.
The picture of dorian gray. Dorian gray meets lord henry wotton at the studio of basil hallward who is using dorian as a model for his latest painting. It is an archetypal tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul and a romantic exposition of wilde s own aestheticism. The picture of dorian gray the only novel written by wilde is the story of a beautiful shallow young man who is afraid to lose his youth and beauty.
The picture of dorian gray moral fantasy novel by irish writer oscar wilde published first in lippincott s monthly magazine in 1890 and as a book in 1891.