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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1890
Pages
Pages 240

A beautiful young man wishes his portrait would age instead of him; it does, and while his face stays innocent the canvas records every cruelty until he cannot bear to look at it.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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