1890년에 발표된 오스카 와일드의 유일한 장편소설. '바질 홀워드'라는 화가는 자신의 예술의 거의 모든 것을 담아 완벽히 아름다운 청년, 도리언 그레이의 초상화를 만든다. 도리언 그레이는 그 초상화를 보고는 초상화는 영원히 젊고 아름답지만 자신은 점차 늙어갈 것이라며 차라리 이 초상화가 자신 대신 늙어줬으면 좋겠다고 생각한다.
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in 1890.
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854- 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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