The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

 The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

Hi :) Today I'm reviewing a book I read for the second time, because, let's be honest, is amazing. 

Check out my last review about The Life Before Us of March :)

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The book of today is The Picture of Dorian Gray by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. 

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The novel was easy to read since it doesn't use so many harsh words, and most of the foreigner ones (ex. he uses some German, Italian and French words) are written with notes below to explain the meaning. 

It is the story of a young and easily corrupted man, Dorian Gray, who is sitting for a portrait made by the painter Basil Hallward. This one is so impressed by Dorian's charm and beauty that he feels like he's making the painting come alive for how stunning he is. 

Through Basil, Dorian will meet, Lord Henry Wotton, a dandy and aristocrat who believes in a philosophy of self-indulgent hedonism. Beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only important things in life. 

Because of this meeting, Dorian expresses that he would like to sell his soul if he could stay young forever, but that the picture instead, would age at his place. 

The wish comes true, though, making him appear always young, even after 18 years from the beginning of the story, while the portrait is getting older and showing every sin ever committed by him. 

Will he be able to redeem himself and start acting good again? Or is his soul already damned? 

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I loved it just as the first time I read it. It's a true masterpiece and never gets old, just like Dorian's figure. 

It's the modern recreation of the Faust's myth. 

It's a really short book, so it can be easily read even in one day or two and it's totally worth it. 

Many adaptations were done from it, movies, tv series and even musicals.