Enthralled By His Own Exquisite Portrait, Dorian Gray Exchanges His Soul For Eternal Youth And Beauty. Influenced By His Friend Lord Henry Wotton, He Is Drawn Into A Corrupt Double Life Indulging His Desires In Secret While Remaining A Gentleman In The Eyes Of Polite Society. Only His Portrait Bears The Traces Of His Decadence. The Picture Of Dorian Gray Was A Succes De Enthralled By His Own Exquisite Portrait, Dorian Gray Exchanges His Soul For Eternal Youth And Beauty. Influenced By His Friend Lord Henry Wotton, He Is Drawn Into A Corrupt Double Life Indulging His Desires In Secret While Remaining A Gentleman In The Eyes Of Polite Society. Only His Portrait Bears The Traces Of His Decadence. The Picture Of Dorian Gray Was A Succes De Scandale. Early Readers Were Shocked By Its Hints At Unspeakable Sins, And The Book Was Later Used As Evidence Against Wilde At The Old Bailey In 1895.