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The picture of dorian gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong faustian theme.

While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. Dorian gray gives his soul for eternal youth. Html version by al haines. The young, beautiful and highly susceptible dorian gray is pulled into the hedonistic haze of london’s high society, where he falls under the pernicious influence of lord henry. Handsome young dorian gray sees a painter’s stunning portrait of him and becomes transfixed by his own beauty. In a london studio, two men contemplate the portrait of another—younger and more beautiful—man. Troubled by the knowledge that the painting will remain handsome while he himself will wither, dorian exchanges Shocking in its suggestion of unspeakable sin, this novel was later used as evidence against wilde when he was