CHARACTERS
Lord Henry (Harry): he had a thin face and clever, dark eyes. His voice was slow and beautiful. People listened to him when he talked.
Dorian Gray: His face was pale and beautiful. His eyes were bright blue. His hair was blond.
Basil Hallward: He had black hair and strong, intelligent face. He was a successful artist. He worked hard and painted many pictures.
Sibyl Vane: She was small and beautiful, with shining brown hair. She worked as an actress.
James Vane: He had large hands and feet. His hair was dull and dark. He became a sailor.
This story is about a beautiful young man. His name was Dorian Gray. He wasn’t an outgoing person .Basil was the only person Dorian looked as a friend.
His friend Basil used to paint pictures. When Basil was painting a picture of Dorian Gray Harry came in and saw the picture .Harry wanted to meet Dorian but Basil didn’t want to introduce to him because Harry would change the young man’s thoughts and feelings. In spite of this fact they met and became close friends.
Harry told Dorian he had to enjoy good things and evil things. When Basil finished the portrait Dorian whished had a wish: “I wish that I could always be young. I wish that the picture could grow old instead of me. I would give my soul for this to happen”.
Harry, a clever man talked and talked to Dorian. Soon the young man came under Harry’s influence and followed his ideas. He went to the theatre and met a beautiful girl. She was an actress. Her name was Sibyl Vane. Both of them felt in love. They were supposed to be married. One evening Harry, Basil and Dorian went to the theatre. Dorian’s friends didn’t like the play because Sibyl acted very badly that night. Because of that Dorian broke with Sibyl. She was sad and decided to drink some poison. Dorian didn’t care about sibyl’s dead. He decided to do all things he wanted.
It was abut fifteen years after Sybil’s dead. Dorian looked youngest as he was