Scholastic Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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When Dorian Gray discovers the devastating power of his good looks, his wholesome existence gives way to a sordid life of excess, corruption and worse. But hidden away in his attic is a portrait whose surface tells a different story. . .
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