The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Sir William Wilde, was an important surgeon, and his mother was an Irish nationalist poet. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin and in 1875, at the age of 20, won a scholarship1 to study at Oxford University, where he was an outstanding scholar and a promising poet. [...]

The Picture

The long reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was a period of great change. Victorian artists experienced a new world shaped by the Industrial Revolution, which brought about profound social, moral and intellectual changes. Artists reacted in different ways – some painted the society in which they lived in detail and with great realism. This can be seen in W. P. [...]

At half past twelve the next day Lord Henry Wotton went to visit his uncle, Lord Fermor, an old bachelor.1 When Lord Henry entered the room his uncle was reading The Times. ‘Well, Harry,’ said the old gentleman, ‘what brings you out so early? I thought you dandies never got up before two and were never visible before five.’ ‘Pure family affection, Uncle George. I want to get something out of you.’ ‘Money, I suppose,’ said Lord Fermor. [...]

The Prison of Love

The Theatre

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It was long past noon when he awoke. His servant came in softly with a cup of tea and some letters. He noticed that one was from Lord Henry and put it aside. After about ten minutes he got up, had a cool bath, got dressed and went into the library to have a light breakfast. It was an exquisite day. He felt perfectly happy. Suddenly, his eye fell on the screen that he had put in front of the portrait and he jumped. [...]

The Confession

For years Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of the book Lord Henry had given him. The book seemed to him to contain the story of his own life, written before he had lived it. He identified himself with the young Parisian in the novel. Time had not touched Dorian. The wonderful beauty that had fascinated Basil Hallward and many others seemed never to leave him. [...]

The Revelation

Oscar Wilde arrived in London in the autumn of 1879 after having graduated from Oxford University. He rented rooms at 13 Salisbury Street. He was an ambitious young man and, as he once told a friend, ‘Somehow or other I’ll be famous, and if not famous, I’ll be notorious.’ During his seventeen years in London (autumn of 1879 – spring of 1897), Wilde became both famous and notorious. [...]

That evening, exquisitely dressed, Dorian Gray entered Lady Narborough’s dining room. No one looking at Dorian Gray could possibly have believed that he had murdered a man. It was a small party and Dorian was glad to know that Lord Henry was going to be there, too. His head ached and at dinner he could not eat anything. He drank champagne eagerly but his thirst seemed to increase. [...]

The Metamorphosis

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