The picture of Dorian Gray
The picture of Dorian Gray
The novel ,,The picture of Dorian Gray" was written by an Irish writer Oscar Wilde. It was
first publised in a newspaper in 1890. At first, the book gained a lot of criticism and the author
decided to change some parts of the book. The new verison was publised a year later after the
former verison was released.
The novel narratates a story of a wealthy, handsome, young man named Dorian Gray. When a
very talented artist called Basil Hallward meets Dorian Gray, he is absolutely amazed by
Gray's flawless looks. Basil decides to paint a picture of Gray, to honour his beauty. But Basil
has one problem, he doesn't want that decent Gray and his friend lord Henry would ever
meet. But that happens and when lord Henry tells Dorian about his view of world, Dorian gets
infulenced and wishes to never age