Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
This book made me question everything. Dorian was such a complex and flawed character. Wilde was such a great writer and this book only proved that. No words will do this book justice. Dorian Gray is a beautiful and eccentric young man. One day he will get his portrait drawn, and that changes everything. That is the beginning of his ruin. As the portrait begins to age instead of him and also shows his loathsome self.