Retold for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) eBook is an elementary-level Macmillan Reader mystery. Basil Hallward has painted a picture of a young man he admires - Dorian Gray. Dorian wishes that the picture would age instead of him, and he buys the picture and hides it in the attic. The years pass and Dorian never seems to age. But his wish has tragic consequences for many people.