Protivorechivyy v svoe vremya, no priznannyy bessmertnoy klassikoy roman povestvuet o prekrasnom yunoshe Doriane, kotoryy odnazhdy pozhelal ostat'sya takim zhe molodym i cvetushchim navechno.
Poddavshis' tletvornomu vliyaniyu lorda Genri - cheloveka svobodnyh nravov - i pogruzivshis' v puchinu gedonizma, Dorian uhodit vse dal'she ot svoih prezhnih idealov, no lico ego s godami ostaetsya takim zhe prekrasnym. Vot tol'ko ego portret, spryatannyy ot chuzhih glaz na cherdake, znaet navernyaka, kak vyglyadit dusha hozyaina. . .
- Kak pechal'no! - probormotal Dorian Grey, ne otryvaya glaz ot sobstvennogo portreta. - Kak pechal'no! YA sostaryus', budu strashnym, urodlivym. A etot chelovek na portrete navechno ostanetsya molodym. Emu vsegda budet stol'ko zhe let, skol'ko mne v segodnyashniy iyun'skiy den'. . . Vot by sluchilos' vse naoborot! Vot esli by ya ostavalsya molodym, a portret by starilsya! Ya by. . . ya by vse za eto otdal! Da-da, otdal by chto ugodno! Dazhe svoyu dushu!
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