The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890 · Fiction
Full text · 20 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
A portrait ages so its subject need not, and Wilde uses the conceit to write the best dialogue of the century around it. Lord Henry's epigrams are so good that readers keep mistaking them for the book's argument rather than its poison.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who quotes Wilde - Readers who want a moral fable that refuses to moralise - Anyone interested in the century's argument about beauty
