AnnotationsThis book is unique because it contains a literary criticism that was made by Jannette TorresThe moral of our time is to adjust to the pattern of the time. I, on the other hand, consider that adjusting to the pattern of the time is, for an educated man, a manifestation of the greatest immoralityOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Dublin, 1854 - Paris, 1900) was a writer, poet and dramatist of Irish origin.Son of Dublin intellectuals, from a very young age he showed himself to be a prominent classicist. He graduated from Trinity College (Dublin) and then Magdalen College (Oxford), with the highest recognitions, and surpassing what were considered the most difficult exams in the world at that time.Guided by his tutors, his involvement in the growing philosophy of aestheticism became known. He also explored Catholicism, religion to which he became his deathbed.After passing through the university, he moved to London, where he moved into fashionable cultural and social circles. He eventually worked as a journalist and was known for his biting wit, his extravagant dress and his brilliant conversation. Wilde became one of the greatest personalities of his time.With the publication of his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art. Later he wrote theater in Paris and with which he achieved the heyday of his fame and success with his masterpiece: The Importance of Being Earnest. While performing on stage, the playwright sued the father of his lover (Lord Alfred Douglas) for defamation. After a long judicial process, he was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to prison for two years and also forced to perform forced labor.During his stay in prison he wrote De Profundis, a dark counterpoint to his hedonistic philosophy. After being released, he moved to France, where he wrote his last poem known as The Ballad of Reading Prison.He died destitute in Paris, at the age of forty-six.The only unforgivable error in which all truly good people who can never avoid is to converse sincerely.Dorian Gray becomes the favorite model of artist Basil Hallward after painting a portrait of the young man who considers his best work. Due to the union between the painter and the boy endowed with an extraordinary beauty, this one will know a friend of Hallward called Lord Henry. Henry Wotton represents a turning point in the work for Dorian, which he submits to his purely hedonistic thoughts. Obsessed with maintaining his youth and beauty, he will grow up in a state of lust and sin. His face remains undisturbed, but the figure of his portrait begins to disfigure in a horrifying way.