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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Original publication
1890
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
466
Difficulty
★★☆
Genres
Philosophy, Psychology
Translated from
English

About this book

Dorian Gray, a young man of exceptional beauty, sees his portrait age in his place while he keeps a flawless appearance. Influenced by Lord Henry, a cynical and provocative figure, he abandons himself to a life of boundless pleasure. But every act leaves a mark on his portrait, revealing the corruption of his soul. Caught in a spiral of fascination and decay, he tries to escape the consequences of his choices. This novel explores aesthetics, morality, and the duality between appearance and reality.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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