1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Triin Reidla
XIB 2011

2. Author Born in 1854 in Dublin Trinity College, Oxford University
First published work – “Poems”
In 1890 and 1891 – “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
In 1895 – imprisonment
– exile in France
25th November 1900 – died in Paris

3. Overview The only published novel Genre – gothic horror
Main characters: Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton
Other characters: Sibyl and James Vane, Alan Campbell etc

4. Themes Aestheticism Duplicity Influence and responsibility Hedonism
Dandies
Self-worship leads to self-destruction
Beauty is a mask
Earthly pleasures

5. Allusions
Dante’s “Faust”
Huysmans’ “À Rebours”
Shakespeare

6. Thank you!

7. Sources