Deeply philosophical and poetic. A step above it's time in the way it challenges the social norms of it's day. It has chilling and creative premise that has seen it preserved through the ages. However, Dorian Gray is a very verbose read that constantly preaches one philosophy or another, of which the main culprit is Lord Henry Wotton who is very funny but equally as overbearing, whilst the eponymous protagonist is wholly the latter.