nd so the years passed.
But time did not touch the face of Dorian Gray.
That wonderful beauty - the beauty that Basil
Hallward had painted - never left him. He enjoyed the life of
a rich and fashionable young man. He studied art and music,
and filled his house with beautiful things from every corner of
the world.,But his search for pleasure did not stop there. He
became hungry for evil pleasures. He became more and more
in love with the beauty of his face, more and more interested
in the ugliness of his soul.
After a while strange stories were heard about him - stories
of a secret, more dangerous life. But when people looked at
that young and good-looking face, they could not believe the
evil stories. And they still came to the famous dinners at his
house, where the food, and the music, and the conversation
were the best in London.
But behind the locked door at the top of the house, the
picture of Dorian Gray grew older every year. The terrible
face showed the dark secrets of his life. The heavy mouth, the
yellow skin, the cruel eyes - these told the real story. Again and
again, Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first
at the ugly and terrible face in the picture, then at the beautiful
young face that laughed back at him from the mirror.