Povomerezedwa ndi zithunzi zapamwamba zowoneka posachedwa, Dorian Gray wachinyamatayo akuwonetsa kuti akufuna kuti chiwerengerocho chidzasinthe komanso kusintha. Pamene chokhumba chake chikachitika, chithunzicho chimakhala chinsinsi chake chotsutsa pamene akutsatira njira yowonongeka ya chiwonongeko ndi nkhanza zimene zimasiya zochitika zake pokhapokha chithunzi chodetsedwa. Wilde ndi chitsanzo chosaiwalitsa cha khalidwe lachiwerewere ndipo zotsatira zake zimayimbidwa ndi khalidwe lake lodziŵika bwino lodziŵika bwino ndi maonekedwe a diamondi. Chotsatira chake ndi buku lokhala lachikondi komanso losemphana ndi wolemba.
