While posing for a painting by his friend Basil Hallward, the handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray meets Hallward’s friend Lord Henry Wotton. Wotton convinces Gray that the only valuable life is one dedicated to pleasure, as “what the gods give they quickly take away.” Pondering this, Gray wishes that his portrait could age instead of himself. He makes this wish before an Egyptian cat statue with rumored magical abilities.
After heartlessly ending his engagement to tavern singer Sibyl Vane, Gray notices changes in the portrait and suspects his wish has been granted. He hides the portrait in his old schoolroom and dismisses servants who move the painting, while Gray, post-Sibyl’s tragic death, immerses himself in a life of sin and cruelty.
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Years later, Dorian remains youthful at 40, astonishing London society with his unchanged appearance. The hidden portrait, aged and distorted by Gray’s immoral acts, comes to light. When Hallward witnesses his creation, Gray commits murder and conceals the body beside the portrait, compelling his acquaintance Allen Campbell to dispose of the deceased. Distraught, Campbell takes his own life.
Gray engages romantically with Hallward’s niece, Gladys. Sibyl’s brother, James Vane, pursues Gray to a rural estate seeking vengeance for his sister’s demise and tragically meets his end during a hunting mishap. Overwhelmed by guilt and remorse, Dorian decides to spare Gladys from suffering by ending their engagement. Confronting his portrait, Gray notices a slight improvement. In a desperate move, he stabs the portrait, hoping to break the curse, but he screams as if wounded. Friends rush to the scene to find Gray deceased, his distorted body mirroring his sins while the portrait reverts to its original form of innocence.
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