THE+PICTURE+OF+DORIAN+GRAY
THE+PICTURE+OF+DORIAN+GRAY
THE+PICTURE+OF+DORIAN+GRAY
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Introduction ? .r)tt 'flf I could stay young and the picture grow old! For that - for that - Iwould gíue euerything! I would giue my soulfor that!t"'Qli'When the artist Basil Hallward paints a picture of his friend, theyoung and very handsome-borian Gray, it is the most importantwork of his life. His friend Lord Henry'Wotton calls it, 'the bestportrait of our time.' But neither man can guess how importantit will be to Dorian Gray himself. Because when Dorian sees thefinished portrait, he makes a wish. He wishes that the beautifulyoung man in the picture in front of him will grow old while hehimself will look young and handsome for ever. Llnfortunatelyfor Dorian and for everyone he meets, his wish comes true - in amost terrible way.Basil's friend, Lord Henry, is interested in Dorian and teachesDorian to value beauty and pleasure above all things. Dorianfollows this teaching, and other people suffer as a result. Doriandoes not feel responsible. He sees his life as a great work of art.As the years pass, Dorian's secret life becomes worse, and he doesterrible things to keep his secret. But he still looks young, goodand beautiful. Only the face in the picture changes. The face in thepicture grows older and more ugly with every ugly act that Doriandoes. The picture shows the corruption of Dorian's soul.Can Dorian hide this picture of his corrupted soul for ever? Orcan he kill his past?This extraordinary and famous story takes place in the late 1800sin London, among rich people who do not need to work. It wasthis world of high sociefy that Oscar'Wilde wrote about in mostof his works.