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Book report about Oscar Wild’s the picture of Dorian Gray It was a long time when I heard about this book. This novel is a tragedy and a growing story about a man, Dorian Gray. At the beginning he was a charming boy with purity of youth. Then he got a picture of himself drawn by his friend Basil. It was a happy beginning, but end up with several deaths. A painter, Basil, paints a most exquisite portrait, the handsome young man named Dorian Gray. During the last session of painting, Dorian is still innocent of the world. Later he meets Basil’s friend Henry, who opens his eyes to the ephemeral nature and tells him that he should experience life to the fullest. Upon the completion of the portrait, Dorian wishes out loud that the painting would grow old instead of him. And his wish comes true. Due to Henrys influence, Dorian goes out looking for passion and falls in love with a young actress Sibyl Vane. For some reasons, Dorian loses all respect and love for her, and breaks the engagement. The next morning Sibyl was too sad and killed herself. Dorian goes home to find that the painting has become slightly more cruel-looking. He fears and locked it up in his attic 阁楼 . Dorian finds a certain joy over the next years in committing sinful or pleasurable deeds and watching the painting change; he loses none of his beauty or youth, but the painting grows old and ugly. When Dorian is 38, he runs into Basil and finally shows him what has happened to his portrait. Basil is horrified and tries to make Dorian repent 忏悔 , but Dorian kills him, and has someone burn the body and get rid of the evidence. Dorian becomes increasingly fearful that someone might discover his secret. He goes to an opium den 鸦片窟）to erase his bad feelings. At last, He decides to be good and to do this, he stabs the painting . And when the servants enter, they see the portrait as it was when it was new, and a horrible, old, ugly man lying dead on the floor. I should say, it is really difficult for me to have