Bookworm_ Portrait of Dorian Gray

Author: (British) Oscar Wilde (Wilde, O.) wrote, (British) Neville (Nevile, J.) adapted
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Publish Date: 1998-08-01
Features: Does a portrait reflect a person more than his face? If the portrait is painted with the brush of love, perhaps it can reflect more than just his appearance—perhaps it can reflect his inner world. We often say a face is a book that can tell its own story. When Dorian Gray saw his portrait, he fell in love with his own beauty. Nothing could harm his beauty, nothing could hurt or change it—even love could not, and time could not either. Therefore, he cut off the connection between his face and his inner self, his appearance and his inner world. His face remained unchanged, always young and beautiful. But the portrait—the portrait painted with the brush of love—was telling a true story. It was the real Dorian Gray—aging and becoming ugly every day, filled with hatred.