The Picture Of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde
Copyright 1968
Rating: Excellent
Number of Pages: 224

In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, written in 1968, Dorian Gray, a middle-aged, extremely handsome man, regretted that he would grow old some day. So in front of a portrait done of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, Dorian wished that he would never grow old but the portrait would grow old.

Dorian Gray’s wish came true and he never grew old. Throughout this process, Dorian Gray became a very nasty person. For example, out of the blue Dorian killed Basil Hallward. After a while Dorian Gray put away his portrait because he hated to so the portrait grow old. Awhile after he put the portrait away, he went back and looked at it. He noticed that there was blood on the hands of the man in the portrait. He knew that this was the only evidence that could send him to jail for murdering Basil Hallward.

Read this book to find out what happens to Dorian Gray.