Today in Literature History…

On this day in 1891 Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was published. The ever infamous story about morality, frivolity, insincerity and so much more. It's an ever controversial story that sold extremely well, which served to only escalate the controversy around the story. It's about a man who, the more he sins, the worse his painting of himself reflects it. His painting is his soul.

So what do you think? Was Oscar Wilde's story truly worthy of its controversy? What about the concepts behind the story? What is the message behind the work as a whole?