The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is one of those iconic books, everyone seems to have heard of it and knows the story. I’ve known of it since I was very young and I’ve also known some vague details of the story such as how the picture ages but the person never does, the funny thing is I’ve never actually read it. It’s one of those stories that has to be on my To Be Read Pile…eventually.

There have been a number of movie adaptations stretching back to 1915 made in various countries. Some of them use the word Portrait instead of Picture. In doing some research I came across a picture of Oscar Wilde and noted he looks very much like Stephen Fry who just happened to play Wilde on TV a few years ago.