The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

253 Pages, Published In 1890

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Set in late 19th-century Victorian London, Oscar Wilde’s classic presents an intriguing premise—an aristocrat who retains his youth by transferring aging to a portrait—and unfolds through dramatic turns that are deeply philosophical in their examination of life, beauty, and morality. The novel probes consciousness as the inescapable awareness of one’s wrongdoing, revealing how corruption permanently marks the soul even when it remains hidden. The stark, dramatic ending leaves much unsaid.