Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised

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Dorian visits the locked room to see the portrait, but after realizing that his decision to reform has not altered the painting, Dorian strikes it with a knife. Dorian’s servants break into the room and discover the body of an old, wrinkled man with a knife plunged into his heart, while Dorian’s painting is unharmed. Dorian’s servants examine the rings on the old man’s hands and identify him as Dorian Gray.

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Dorian expresses his desire to reform himself and be virtuous. Lord Henry dismisses Dorian’s intentions and changes the subject to Alan Campbell’s suicide, as well as the mystery surrounding Basil’s disappearance, at which point Dorian makes Lord Henry laugh when he suggests that he was the one who murdered Basil.

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Dorian joins a shooting party, and when entranced by the gracefulness of a hare, Dorian begs the party not to shoot it. However, when the hare is shot, they hear the cry of a man. The man dies instantly. Dorian rides to a farm where the body is kept and identifies it as that of James Vane.

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Dorian faints, and he recalls seeing the face of James Vane pressed against the window.

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A woman at the opium den addresses Dorian as “Prince Charming.” Upon hearing this, James Vane recalls that “Prince Charming” was Sibyl’s nickname for Dorian and he seizes Dorian from behind. Dorian explains that the man James is looking for was in love with Sibyl eighteen years ago, and since Dorian has not aged, he cannot possibly be the same man. James accepts Dorian’s story, but when the woman tells James that Dorian has been visiting the dens for eighteen years, James becomes furious for having let Dorian escape.

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Dorian leaves a party early, heads home to burn Basil’s belongings, and draws out a canister of opium. At midnight, Dorian goes to a London neighbourhood popular for their opium dens.

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The following morning, an estranged friend of Dorian’s, Alan Campbell, arrives, and reluctantly agrees to help Dorian dispose of Basil’s body using his knowledge of chemistry.

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Dorian reveals the portrait to Basil, who is horrified by the change that his work has undergone, and he curses the painting and begs Dorian to pray for forgiveness. Dorian stabs Basil repeatedly and hides his belongings in a secret compartment in the wall.

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Dorian encounters Basil, who warns Dorian of the many rumors being spread around him, and questions Dorian as to why so many of his friendships have ended. Dorian offers to show Basil the diary of his daily life, certain that it will answer all of Basil’s questions.

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After years pass, Dorian maintains his youth and beauty as his soul corrupts. Dorian keeps up with contemporary ideas and devotes himself to the study of beautiful things. All the while, Dorian worries that someone will steal the painting.

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