Rank 82 of 100
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Also known as Dorian Gray
Synopsis
A beautiful young man wishes that a portrait would age in his place, and gets his wish. Wilde lets Dorian stay unmarked while the painting keeps the ledger, and fills the salons around him with sentences so polished they can excuse almost anything.
Synopses are original catalog copy written for Every Book Ever, not publisher blurbs.
Catalogue card
- Year
- 1890
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland
- Form
- Novel
- Genre
- Gothic, Philosophical
- Audience
- Adult
- Era
- 19th century
- Movement
- Aestheticism
- Series
- —
- Length
- About 254 pages
- Reported copies
- Among the most read gothic novels
- Kind
- Fiction