Le portrait de Dorian Gray

In a sun‑drenched London studio, the charismatic artist Basil Hallward brings to canvas the flawless features of a striking young man, Dorian Gray. His friend, the wily Lord Henry Wotton, watches the work with a mixture of admiration and provocation, already hinting at the power of beauty to shape a life. The portrait, praised as Basil’s finest achievement, becomes the silent centerpiece of a conversation that teeters between art and desire.

When Dorian hears the intoxicating idea that youth is the ultimate treasure, he makes a fateful wish that his own visage will never age, leaving the painted image to bear the marks of time. As the story unfolds, listeners are drawn into a world where charm masks a growing darkness, and where each indulgent choice echoes in the hidden canvas. The novel invites you to contemplate the cost of vanity and the thin line between aesthetic pleasure and moral decay.