Books like The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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Genre
- Didactic fiction
- Gothic
What it is about
- Conduct of life
- Portraits
Where it happens
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
Books like this one
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Why: Both are gothic novels, set in England.
What both books share
- gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray: "Gothic fiction" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English" (OL subject); "Gothic novel" (WD genre)
Jane Eyre: "Gothic fiction" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre) - novels
The Picture of Dorian Gray: "Gothic novel" (WD genre)
Jane Eyre: "education novel" (WD genre); "autobiographical novel" (WD genre) - England
The Picture of Dorian Gray: "England, fiction" (OL subject); "England" (WD narrative location)
Jane Eyre: "England in fiction" (OL subject); "England, fiction" (OL subject); "Governesses--england--fiction" (OL subject); "England" (OL place)
- gothic
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Why: Both are gothic books.
What both books share
- gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray: "Gothic fiction" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English" (OL subject); "Gothic novel" (WD genre)
Frankenstein: "Fiction, gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (OL subject); "Gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic literature" (OL subject)
- gothic
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Why: Both are gothic books.
What both books share
- gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray: "Gothic fiction" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English" (OL subject); "Gothic novel" (WD genre)
The Haunting of Hill House: "Fiction, gothic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre)
- gothic
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What they share, at a glance
The Picture of Dorian Gray next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Gothic | England |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Eyre | shared | shared |
| Frankenstein | shared | not shared |
| The Haunting of Hill House | shared | not shared |
| Mexican Gothic | shared | not shared |
| The Shining | shared | not shared |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1890. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 254-page edition from Modern Library. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
0375751513 ... 254 p. ... Modern Library
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