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A short summary of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Dorian, shocked by the change in the portrait, locks it away at the top of his house, in his old schoolroom. Inspired by an immoral ‘yellow book’ which Lord Henry gives to him, Dorian continues to experience all manner of ‘sensations’, no matter how immoral they are.
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Dorian’s impossible youthfulness saves him, but the image of Jim haunts him even when he goes to stay in the country with his friends. On a hunting trip, a man is killed accidentally and it turns out to be Jim Vane, ensuring that Dorian's crimes will never be discovered.
Dorian Gray's internal conflict is that he wants to stay forever young so he can enjoy life to its fullest, but he knows that he must age and die like everyone else...
Chapter 1. Basil Hallward entertains his friend Lord Henry Wotton, showing him a portrait he has recently painted of a young man named Dorian Gray. Henry tells Basil it’s his best work, but Basil doesn’t want to exhibit the piece—it’s far too personal.
May 9, 2024 · Publication of the novel scandalized Victorian England, and The Picture of Dorian Gray was used as evidence against Wilde when he was tried and convicted in 1895 on charges related to homosexuality.
Dorian begins to wonder if he really has been cruel to Sibyl. However, he convinces himself that he is not to blame for the situation. Sibyl is to blame because she disappointed him and made him endure the three painful hours of her terrible performance.