The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The Picture of Dorian Gray” ranks as Oscar Wilde's one of the most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind. The story depicts a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth, as he sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality. Even though, his body retains perfect youth and vigor, his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. In this celebrated work, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late 19th-century England.