When is dorian gray set

Athens: Ohio UP, Dryden, Linda. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Newland, Paul. Amsterdam: Rodopi, Your email address will not be published. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Let's talk about time first. It's important, and not just because it elicits questions like "What are they wearing? This novel takes place in the height of the Decadent artistic movement of the late 19th Century, making Dorian a contemporary of his author, Oscar Wilde.

Although this trend which celebrated aesthetic pleasure and sensual experience began in France, Wilde was the major proponent of it in England.

The influence of French Decadent writers can be seen throughout the novel, from the Gautier poem recorded in Chapter 14 to the extravagant, foppishly luxuriant style of Dorian's clothing and furniture. This material is available only on Freebooksummary.

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. Sorry, but only registered users have full access. How about getting full access immediately? Then she commits suicide. He stalks Dorian Gray years later and is shot by accident during a hunting party. Dorian begins to suspect Victor of recognizing the idea of the portrait and eventually fires him. Hubbard Proprietor of a frame shop. He helps Dorian move the portrait to the upstairs room.

Alan Campell An ex-lover of Dorian Gray. He is a scientist. When Dorian kills Basil Hallward, he calls Alan Campbell to come and destroy the body so no evidence will remain.