Summary-Oscar Wilde writes with such description, that I feel as if I am right in the room with him, smelling what he smells and hearing what passes by, just as he does. The story begins with Basil Hallaward who is the artist of a new portrait. Basil has recently shut himself out of society, and the portrait that he has just completed is of a man he met at a bar, and was striken by his his unique features and brilliant personality. Basil describes Dorian as having an extraordinary effect on him. His description of him and the effect he has on his life is very vague and cannot be grasped by Lord Henry Wotton, so he wants to meet Dorian.
Dorian Gray mysteriously shows up at Basil's home and Lord Henry then meets him, and stays with him, while Basil finishes up his portrait of Gray. Gray has a very feminine personality, he seems to whine when he speaks like little girl, which gets annoying after a few paragraphs. Lord Henry begins to speak to Dorian like he wants to corrupt his innocence. What about Gray makes people so infatuated with him?Henry also talks to Gray about youth and beauty, and how it leaves the body when you grow old and die. With these haunting thoughts in mind Dorian began to look at his picture and feel pain because he knew he would eventually lose his youth. Basil and Henry are fighting over Dorian's attention, and Lord Henry is winning.
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