The Picture of Dorian Gray

'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ... Why did you paint it?' Oscar Wilde's only novel chronicles the tale of Dorian Gray, a man whose stunning beauty masks a twisted soul. After making a fateful wish that his flawless portrait would age while he remains untouched by time, the painting transforms into a grotesque mirror of his moral decay. As Dorian descends deeper into vice and malice, his secret canvas bears witness to e ...