The Picture of Dorian Gray is by Oscar Wilde. Wilde's masterpiece. As Dorian Gray admires his portrait in Basil Hallward's studio he makes a vain wish that he would never age and that the picture would bear the marks of age and sin. He sells his soul for eternal youth and all age, decay, and corruption show in the picture, while Gray's appearance stays eternally young and fresh. Dorian destroys one life after another until he can stand the portrait no longer and attempts to destroy it, and ends by destroying himself. Wilde at his witty and profound best. A book about the consequences of sin from a man who knew the subject well.
Ratings: 9th grade - 10 out of 10 - AC (mature thematic content).
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