Enjoyable read but there were many british and french terms that brought me out of the story having to look at the footnotes provided in the book. Was a little distracting. It\\\'s a classic nonetheless.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an old classic story and yet still speaks today of the ugliness and unattractiveness that becomes a person when morals and ethics are set aside for want of pleasure. The reality is that there is no fountain of youth and no means by which we can escape the aging process. There is also no way in which our soul can escape the reaction to choices we make in our lifestyle. While truly a fiction story, this tale depicts how we are unable to hide - even from ourselves -- when we let evil, ruthlessness, envy and deceit into our lives. While the writing holds the old English descriptive style of writing and entails many French poetic lines, the meaning still comes through loud and clear -- we cannot run from ourselves.

The novel gives a good insight into the daily lives of upper class gentry of England in the late 1800's.
The description of the country side, the scents and shades of the leaves and flowers are beautiful.
As the story progresses we go from this into a dark and mysterious London, whith much 'ducking and diving' the character of Dorian Gray manages to escape being caught for the terrible crimes he has committed.