The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

When having his portrait painted, Dorian Gray declares he would give anything to stay youthful – even his soul. Dorian descends into a life of decadent excess, and while he retains his youthful looks, the portrait becomes horrifically disfigured. Oscar Wilde’s only novel is a dark, Faustian fable of wish fulfillment that leads to an inescapable day of reckoning.