The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

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Chapter 12
Explanation and Analysis:

The Picture of Dorian Gray is set in the last few decades of nineteenth-century England, seemingly in a moment contemporaneous to the novel’s composition—Wilde himself references the tastes of the era in his preface to the story, while Lord Henry frequently refers to the woeful tastes and proclivities of the nineteenth century during his many speeches on his personal hedonistic philosophies.