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You will always be fond of me I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commitOne day the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him Not long thereafter Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and is so turned off by her bad performance that he rejects her When he gets home he notices a certain cruel sneer in his portraitTold with flowery and snappy Jane Austenlike language The Picture of Dorian Gray about a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth is Oscar Wildes most famous and popular work It has been adapted for film and television many times most recently in the 2009 film Dorian Gray starring Colin Firth and Ben Barnes