# Adrian Singleton — The Picture of Dorian Gray character guide

> Adrian Singleton in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Adrian

**First appearance:** 0016-xv

## Who they are

A dissipated young man who frequents opium dens with Dorian.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned by Basil as one of the young men whose ruin is linked to Dorian.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as the giver of the book Dorian reads.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/chapters/xvi)

A ruined young man Dorian meets in the opium den, abandoned by friends.

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