The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 6 · 4,925 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Appearance (Philosophy) — Fiction · Conduct of life — Fiction · Didactic fiction · Great Britain — History — Victoria, 1837-1901 — Fiction

Words worth knowing: individualism · nugget · esprit · bestial · melodramatic · panegyric · octagonal · medallion

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Contents THE PREFACE THE PREFACE The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.

The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.

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