The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel by Irish author Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American p
A picture of the cover of the July 1890 edition of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, where "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was first published
Plaque commemorating the dinner between Wilde, Doyle and the publisher on 30 August 1889 at 1 Portland Place, Regent Street, London
Original manuscript of one of the 1891 novel's new chapters; here labeled chapter 4, it would end up as chapter 5
A 19th-century London opium den (based on fictional accounts of the day)
Dorian Gray (character)
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Dorian Gray is a fictional character and the anti-hero of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is an aristocratic Victorian man.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
…English literature, having been adapted many times for films, stage, plays, and other forms of art performances. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is…
Hurd Hatfield as Gray in the 1945 film
A postcard showing Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray from the 1917 film
A late stage of the painting (created by Ivan Albright) in the 1945 film, showing Dorian Gray's degrading soul