Dorian Gray is the main character of The Picture of Dorian Gray, whose editor feared the story was indecent, and deleted roughly five hundred words before publication.
Dorian Gray is the main character of the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890) by Oscar Wilde. 
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine". 
 The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. 
