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1、ThePictureofDorianGrayByOscarWilde(1890)DownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.ChapterIThestudiowasfilledwiththerichodorofroses,andwhenthelightsummerwindstirredamidstthetreesofthegardentherecame
2、throughtheopendoortheheavyscentofthelilac,orthemoredelicateperfumeofthepink-floweringthorn.FromthecornerofthedivanofPersiansaddle-bagsonwhichhewaslying,smoking,asusual,innumerableciga-rettes,LordHenryWottoncouldjustcatchthegleamofthehoney-sweetandhoney-coloredblossoms
3、ofthelaburnum,whosetremulousbranchesseemedhardlyabletobeartheburdenofabeautysoflame-likeastheirs;andnowandthenthefantasticshadowsofbirdsinflightflittedacrossthelongtussore-silkcurtainsthatwerestretchedinfrontofthehugewindow,producingakindofmomentaryJapaneseeffect,andm
4、akinghimthinkofthosepallidjade-facedpainterswho,inanartthatisnecessarilyimmobile,seektoconveythesenseofswiftnessandmotion.Thesullenmurmurofthebeesshoulderingtheirwaythroughthelongunmowngrass,orcirclingwithmonotonousinsistenceroundtheblack-crocketedspiresoftheearlyJune
5、hollyhocks,seemedtomakethestillnessmoreoppressive,andthedimroarofLondonwaslikethebourdonnoteofadistantorgan.Inthecentreoftheroom,clampedtoanuprighteasel,stoodthefull-lengthportraitofayoungmanofextraordi-ThePictureofDorianGraynarypersonalbeauty,andinfrontofit,somelitt
6、ledistanceaway,wassittingtheartisthimself,BasilHallward,whosesuddendisappearancesomeyearsagocaused,atthetime,suchpublicexcitement,andgaverisetosomanystrangeconjectures.Ashelookedatthegraciousandcomelyformhehadsoskilfullymirroredinhisart,asmileofpleasurepassedacrosshis
7、face,andseemedabouttolingerthere.Buthesuddenlystartedup,and,closinghiseyes,placedhisfingersuponthelids,asthoughhesoughttoimprisonwithinhisbrainsomecuriousdreamfromwhichhefearedhemightawake.‘Itisyourbestwork,Basil,thebestthingyouhaveeverdone,’saidLordHenry,languidly.‘Y
8、oumustcertainlysenditnextyeartotheGrosvenor.TheAcademyistoolargeandtoovulgar.TheGrosvenoristheonlyplace.’‘Idon’tthinkIwillse
