THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY IS OSCAR WILDES CLASSIC STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHOSE BEAUTY PROMPTS A PAINTER TO PAINT A LIFE-LIKE PORTRAIT OF HIM. HOWEVER ALL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS...DORIAN EXPRESSES THE DESIRE TO SELL HIS SOUL TO ENSURE THAT THE PICTURE RATHER THAN HE WILL AGE ANDFADE. A MUST-READ FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE! THE NOVEL IS A SOCIAL SATIRE AS WELL AS A KEY EXPLORER OF VICTORIAN NORMS. WE ARE MADE TO OBSERVE HUMAN EMOTIONS LIKE LOVE JEALOUSY HATE AND THE FORCES OF EVIL AND GOOD. OSCAR WILDE PROPAGATES HIS ART FOR ARTS SAKE THEORY EVEN AS HE WEAVES A NARRATIVE AROUND A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN (DORIAN GRAY) AND HIS FRIENDS (LORD HENRY AND BASIL).THE BOOK IS A CLASSIC IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD AS IT APPEALS TO THE UNIVERSAL INSTINCTS OF MAN. डोरियन ग्रे...अंतर्बाह्य सुंदर असलेला विशीचा तरुण... बेसिल या चित्रकाराने डोरियनचं चित्र रेखाटलंय... डोरियन बेसिलचा मित्र लॉर्ड हेन्रीच्या ‘प्रभावा’खाली येतो...डोरियनची प्रेयसी आत्महत्या करते त्याच्याकडून झालेल्या अपेक्षाभंगामुळे...त्यानंतर व्यसनं स्त्रिया वाईट कृत्यांत गुंतलेला डोरियन बेसिलचाही खून करतो...त्याच्या या आत्मिक अधोगतीचे पडसाद त्याच्या चित्रावर उमटतात...त्याचा चित्रातला चेहरा विद्रूप होतो...मनोवास्तवाचं प्रभावी चित्रण