Late nineteenth century London a city of contrasts. Great wealth and terriblepoverty beauty and ugliness purity and immorality. Oscar Wilde takes the reader into this strange and fascinating world through the strange story of the picture of Dorian Gray. Young handsome and innocent the aristocratic Dorian is visiting his friend the kind and gentle painter Basil Hallward when he meets Lord Henry Wotton. Entertaining and cynical Lord Henry introduces Dorian to the idea of a world where the only value is beauty and everything must serve this ideal. But how can Dorian survive ageing and ugliness In front of his beautiful portrait painted by Hallward Dorian makes a terrible wish. This wish will come true dragging Dorian into a world of the senses of beauty and joy but also of terror of fear and ultimately of murder...The book contains The Before You Read Activities section contains pre reading activities. The text is divided into chapters and is equipped with a glossary at the bottom of each page. The After Reading Activities section at the end of each chapter eases memorization and comprehension and rounds off with one or more Pre Reading activities to pre teach the vocabulary and structures in the subsequent chapter. Useful dossiers focussing on culture and the author are supplied in the classics series. The Test yourself section offers activities which take into account the whole story. Syllabus.