CLICK ON NAME TO DISPLAY TITLES

Oscar Wilde

CLICK ON TITLE TO DISPLAY BOOK

Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty. He believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.