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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · Gothic · The opening chapters
The Picture of Dorian Gray
In a London studio heavy with the scent of roses, the painter Basil Hallward finishes his masterpiece, and his friend Lord Henry wants to know who the beautiful young man is. Wilde's original text, unabridged.
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Chapters
- 16 min
The Studio, IFree
On a summer afternoon in a studio full of the scent of roses, a painter and his witty friend Lord Henry admire a new portrait of a beautiful young man. The painter, oddly, will not show it to anyone.
- 26 min
The Studio, II
Lord Henry presses the painter to explain, and Basil Hallward at last tells how he first met the young man at a London party. It is a story he is half afraid to tell.
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