The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Wilde's only novel. Beautiful sentences, beautiful corruption. A book about what beauty costs.
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The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian GrayRead 11 hand-picked quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray, with meaning →4 The Picture of Dorian Gray memes, decoded →
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Why we picked it
A novel about beauty, vanity, and what they cost. By the master of the perfect sentence.
Suitable for 16+. Level B2-C1, which means readers comfortable with upper-intermediate English will follow it without a dictionary; lower-intermediate readers can read with light support.
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