Is Dorian Grey the repressed persona of Oscar Wilde?

Oscar Wilde wasn't all that repressed. With flowing, shoulder-length hair and his flamboyant clothes and manner, Wilde made sure he stood out in all company in staid, late-Victorian society. read more

Oscar Wilde was known by all to be a gentle, harmless person in spite of his cutting wit. I think Dorian Grey and his shadow, the painting, are an ingenious fictional presentation of the futility of putting up a hypocritical show. read more

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor without Wilde's knowledge deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. read more

Both the lives of Oscar Wilde and his character, Dorian Gray, closely resemble one another in their sharing of similar events. The two lives of the character in and the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray closely mirror the other. Wilde was believed to have had many male lovers. read more