โ Scribed by Wilde, Oscar
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โHow sad it is!โ murmured Dorian Gray, with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. โHow sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June โฆ If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this โ for this โ I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give!โ This is the 13 Chapter version as originally published in 1890 in Lippincot's Magazine, not the much more common/available 20 Chapter version published in 1891.
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