The Picture of Dorian Gray – The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian is selected for his remarkable physical beauty, and Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode of art. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature. Cecil Dreeme – Robert Byng has recently returned from his Grand Tour of Europe to settle in New York City. An old friend lends Byng his rooms at Chrysalis College (an equivalent of real-life New York University, perhaps also partially modelled on the Tenth Street Studio Building). It is there that Byng meets his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Cecil Dreeme, and the two strike up a romantic friendship. However, Byng is also tempted by the villainous Densdeth, who seems to want the protagonist to fall into a life of unspecified sin and debauchery. Published posthumously by the author's friend George William Curtis in 1861, Cecil Dreeme has been called «one of the queerest American novels of the nineteenth century» by scholar Peter Coviello, and it addresses themes of gender and sexuality.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray. by Oscar Wilde. Original 1890 Version
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
The Picture of Dorian Gray. by Oscar Wilde. Revised & Expanded 1891 Version
THE PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Cecil Dreeme (Theodore Winthrop)
Biographical Sketch of the Author
Stillfleet and His News
Chrysalis College
Rubbish Palace
The Palace and Its Neighbors
Churm Against Densdeth
Churm As Cassandra
Churm’s Story
Clara Denman, Dead
Locksley’s Scare
Overhead, Without
Overhead, Within
Dreeme, Asleep
Dreeme, Awake
A Mild Orgie
A Morning with Densdeth
Emma Denman
A Morning with Cecil Dreeme
Another Cassandra
Can This Be Love?
A Nocturne
Lydian Measures
A Laugh and a Look
A Parting
Fame Awaits Dreeme
Churm Before Dreeme’s Picture
Towner
Raleigh’s Revolt
Densdeth’s Farewell
Dreeme His Own Interpreter
Densdeth’s Dark Room
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"Don't look so angry, Basil. It was at my aunt's, Lady Agatha's. She told me she had discovered a wonderful young man, who was going to help her in the East End, and that his name was Dorian Gray. I am bound to state that she never told me he was good-looking. Women have no appreciation of good looks. At least, good women have not. She said that he was very earnest, and had a beautiful nature. I at once pictured to myself a creature with spectacles and lank hair, horridly freckled, and tramping about on huge feet. I wish I had known it was your friend."
