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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 9

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 8Chapter 10Chapter 9 As he was sitting at breakfast next morning, Basil Hallward was shown into the room. "I am so glad I have found you, Dorian," he said…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 10

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 9Chapter 11Chapter 10 When his servant entered, he looked at him steadfastly and wondered if he had thought of peering behind the screen. The man was quite…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 11

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 10Chapter 12Chapter 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…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 12

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 11Chapter 13Chapter 12 It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards. He was walking home about…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 13

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 12Chapter 14Chapter 13 He passed out of the room and began the ascent, Basil Hallward following close behind. They walked softly, as men do instinctively at night…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 14

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 13Chapter 15Chapter 14 At nine o'clock the next morning his servant came in with a cup of chocolate on a tray and opened the shutters. Dorian was sleeping quite…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 15

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 14Chapter 16Chapter 15 That evening, at eight-thirty, exquisitely dressed and wearing a large button-hole of Parma violets, Dorian Gray was ushered into Lady…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 16

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 15Chapter 17Chapter 16 A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist. The public-houses were just closing, and dim…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 17

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 16Chapter 18Chapter 17 A week later Dorian Gray was sitting in the conservatory at Selby Royal, talking to the pretty Duchess of Monmouth, who with her husband…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 18

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 17Chapter 19Chapter 18 The next day he did not leave the house, and, indeed, spent most of the time in his own room, sick with a wild terror of dying, and yet…