Through the magic of a vow, Dorian Gray retains the grace and beauty of youth. Only his portrait will age. The young dandy then devotes...

Through the magic of a vow, Dorian Gray retains the grace and beauty of youth. Only his portrait will age. The young dandy then devotes himself to all the experimentations of youthful folly, intoxicated with sensations and the search for secret pleasures. “Follies are the only things we never regret,” “we must heal the soul by the senses, heal the senses by the soul.” Oscar Wilde wanted to free man by giving him the artist as a model. Art has nothing to do with morality. In a refined language, the author questions society, marriage, morality, and art. This book scandalized Victorian England and Oscar Wilde was put in prison for having lived what he wrote. In the following century, authors revered and celebrated the brilliant writer.