The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Bookish

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde BookishOscar Wildes alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succes de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray who, enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his depravity. This definitive

while Marianne is a loner

is the color of the paper

A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer

Detective Colborne is retiring

Eight years earlier

After the last investigation

throws out his belongings

Back when they lived in the same house

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