The Picture of Dorian Gray: Short synopsis and author biography followed by an analysis on the use of aestheticism in the novel.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray was Oscar Wilde's first and only novel. It was written in 1890, when Wilde was thirty-five. He died in Paris on November 30, 1900. Though he wrote only one novel, he composed other literary works and became a dramatist soon after The Picture of Dorian Gray was published. His plays include Lady Windemere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Woman of No Importance. He was born "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde". …

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…is a very moral book. The moral is that an absence of spirituality and regard for human life seperates an individual from humanity and makes a monster of them. Works Cited: Geddes, Dan. The Picture of Dorian Gray. (review) http://www.thesatirist.com/books/dorian_gray.html. April 28, 1999. Themes. http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmPictureDorian41.asp. visited 12-15-02. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 1890. Harper & Row Publishers. New York, New York.