
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890

James Hogg · 1824
275 pages
A young man raised to believe he is one of the elect is drawn into a double life by a stranger who may be a demon, a double, or a delusion. His own account of his crimes is set against an editor's, and the two versions refuse to agree.
Unreliable Narrator, Dual Identity, Gothic, Faustian Bargain, Philosophical, Satire