The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s classic Gothic novel about a man who remains outwardly youthful and beautiful while a hidden portrait reflects his moral corruption and aging.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
adaptation comic and graphic novel adaptations ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
author Oscar Wilde ⓘ
censorship subject to cuts and edits for moral content in early editions ⓘ
centralObject a portrait of Dorian Gray ⓘ
character James Vane ⓘ
Sibyl Vane ⓘ
controversy criticized for immorality on first publication ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationForm magazine serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine ⓘ
surface form: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
aestheticism ⓘ
decadent literature ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9780141439570 ⓘ
influencedBy French decadent literature ⓘ
Gothic literature ⓘ
literaryMovement Aestheticism ⓘ
surface form: Aesthetic movement

Decadentism ⓘ
surface form: Decadent movement
mainCharacter Basil Hallward ⓘ
Dorian Gray ⓘ
Lord Henry Wotton in Dorian Gray ⓘ
surface form: Lord Henry Wotton
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableQuote The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. ⓘ
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationDate 1890 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Ward, Lock & Co. ⓘ
surface form: Ward, Lock and Company
revisedBookEditionPublicationDate 1891 ⓘ
settingLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
theme aestheticism ⓘ
decay and aging ⓘ
duality of appearance and reality ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
influence and manipulation ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
the nature of beauty ⓘ
the soul and conscience ⓘ

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Harry Stradling Sr. → notableWork → The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
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Donna Reed → starredIn → The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
Phantom of the Paradise → inspiredBy → The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
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Dorian Gray → firstAppearance → The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)
Frederick Worlock → notableWork → The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ