DORIAN GRAY BY OSCAR WILDE

A charming and eccentric young man named Dorian Gray falls into the temptation of eternal youth and beauty. He is swept into a social whirlwind when he journeys to London by the charismatic Henry Wotton who introduces him to the new and exotic pleasures of the city. Henry then introduces Dorian to his artistic friend Basil Hallward who paints a portrait of Dorian to capture the eternal essence of his unmatched beauty and grace. When the portrait is unveiled, Dorian vows that he would sacrifice his soul to remain as he is in the picture, no matter how deep he may fall to debauchery, sin and the wrath of old age.

We all have an image we would like to preserve of ourselves, but it is our actions that ultimately define who we are and who we are doomed to become. If a portrait could reflect your soul, would it reflect your physical body, or would it show you something hideous and otherworldly? After all, sin and corruption often hides behind beautiful faces. How different would the world be if we could see the nature of one's soul on display for everyone to see?

Dorian Gray is an artful and poetic masterpiece, dripping with philosophy and moral ambiguity. It's a venture into enjoying the best and worst that life has to offer. Art can be found in anything if one seeks to find it, and sometimes people find art in things that can only be described as evil.