The Picture of Dorian Gray

**The Picture of Dorian Gray** is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical *Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine*. The novel-length version was published in April 1891. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray))

Set in

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  England · United Kingdom
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  London · United Kingdom

  main setting
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  Grosvenor Square, Mayfair · United Kingdom

  Dorian's inherited townhouse
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• Curzon Street, Mayfair · United Kingdom

  Lord Henry Wotton's residence
• Blue Gate Fields, Shadwell · United Kingdom

  opium dens Dorian visits in the East End