The Picture of Dorian Gray
French and British novelist, 1854–1900.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde.
On 5 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- First published
- 1890
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Gothic and horror, Philosophical, Psychological
Is The Picture of Dorian Gray worth reading?
5 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 80 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2003), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780141439570
How critics and readers rate The Picture of Dorian Gray
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 46% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 19% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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