CHAPTER 11 For years, Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of this book. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he never sought to free himself from it. He procured from Paris no less than nine large-paper copies of the first edition, and had them ...
Dorian Gray glanced at the picture, and suddenly an uncontrollable feeling of hatred for Basil Hallward came over him, as though it had been suggested to him by the image on the canvas, whispered into his ear by those grinning lips. The mad passions of a hunted animal stirred wi...
CHAPTER VIII. It was long past noon when he awoke. His valet had crept several times on tiptoe into the room to see if he was stirring, and had wondered what made his young master sleep so late. Fin…
the best work of my life. Because of him I see artin a different way, a new way. When I'm with him, I paint wonderful pictures.' 'Basil, this isextraordinary. I must meet Dorian Gray,' said Lord Henry. Basil got up and walked up and down the garden. 'So that's my secret. D...
CHAPTER III One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry's house in Curzon Street. It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-colored frieze and...
Preface-Chapter 6 The Picture of Dorian Gray's plot begins with a painter,Basil Hallward, speaking to a friend,Lord Henry Wotton, about a portrait that Basil has just completed. The portrait is of a beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, with whom Basil is a little besotted. Dorian soon arriv...
Summary Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) observes the corruption recorded in his portrait, in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). Inset painting by Ivan Albright. On a beautiful summer day in Victorian England, Lord Henry Wotton, an opinionated man, is observing the sensitive artist Basil...
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Summary & Analysis from Chapter 9/ Lesson 2 47K What is The Picture of Dorian Gray about? This lesson summarizes the story of Dorian Gray and explores characters, themes, and the book's author Oscar Wilde. ...
ThePictureofDorianGrayisan1891philosophicalnovelbyIrishwriterandplaywrightOscarWilde.FirstpublishedasaserialstoryintheJuly1890issueofLippincott'sMonthlyMagazine,theeditorsfearedthestorywasindecent,andwithoutWilde'sknowledge,deletedfivehundredwordsbeforepublication.Despitethatcensorship,ThePictureofDorianGrayoffendedthemoral...
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Summary & Analysis from Chapter 9/ Lesson 2 45K What is The Picture of Dorian Gray about? This lesson summarizes the story of Dorian Gray and explores characters, themes, and the book's author Oscar Wilde. ...