"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a classic novel that tells the story of a young man, Dorian Gray, who remains eternally youthful while his portrait ages and reflects the moral corruption of his life. Set in Victorian England, the novel explores themes of aestheticism, moral duplicity, and the nature of beauty and decay. Wilde's only novel, it is renowned for its provocative ideas and its eloquent, witty prose.