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El retrato de Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde’s novel about a young man tempted by eternal beauty after Basil Hallward paints him and Lord Henry shapes his ideas. In Victorian London, the hidden portrait reveals a widening divide between outward appearance and conscience, influence, and responsibility.

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desea / deˈse.a /verb

to desire or want something

Ningún artista desea probar nada.

No artist wants to prove anything.

quereranhelarapetecer

verse / ˈbeɾse /verb

to perceive oneself in a mirror or surface

Calibán al no verse la cara en un espejo.

Caliban at not seeing himself in a mirror.

mirarsecontemplarseobservarse

rabia / ˈraβja /noun

a feeling of violent or intense anger

La aversión por el romanticismo es la rabia de Calibán.

The century's aversion to romanticism is Caliban's rage.

la irael enojola furia

siglo / ˈsiɣlo /noun

a duration of one hundred years

La aversión del siglo por el romanticismo es la rabia de Calibán.

The century's aversion to Romanticism is the rage of Caliban.

épocaeracenturia

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