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The Portait of Dorian Gray My favourite book is "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" from the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, also famous for the opera "The ghost of Baskerville". This book talks about the story of a young, handsome boy that meet a man that learn him the worth of be young and realize every desire he have. One day a painter take him a portrait and after some days it ruins and being scary. This means that the boy had a kind of curse, like a deal with the devil. The boy will be always young and beautiful but a very bad person and the portrait will be old instead of him.

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The Portrait of Dorian Gray

My favourite book is "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" from/by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, also famous for the opera "The ghost of Baskerville".* This book is about the story of a young, handsome boy who met a man who taught him the worth of being young and of realizing his every desire. One day a painter made a portrait of the boy and after some days the face in the portrait aged and became scary. This meant that the boy had a kind of curse, like a deal with the devil. The boy will be always young and beautiful but a very bad person and the portrait will grow old instead of him.

*The Canterville Ghost?

Very well written!

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The Portait of Dorian Gray

My favourite book is "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" from the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, also famous for the opera "The ghost of Baskerville". This book talks about the story of a young, handsome boy that meets a man that teaches him the worth of being young and realizing every desire he has.  One day a painter paints a portrait of him and after some days it is ruined and becomes scary. This means that the boy had a kind of curse, like a deal with the devil. The boy will be always young and beautiful but a very bad person and the portrait will be old instead of him.

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