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Oscar Wilde

Irish
1854 - 1900
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

4.4/5

Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a philosophical fiction and Gothic horror classic that follows the beautiful Dorian Gray as he bargains his soul so that his portrait — rather than himself — bears the marks of age and moral corruption. Originally published in 1890 and widely regarded as a cornerstone of both Gothic and English literature, this Grapevine Kindle edition makes the novel readily accessible to a new generation of readers. The Guardian has listed it among the 100 best novels ever written in English, and it remains among the most widely read Gothic novels in the world.

Reviewed May 3, 2026

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