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Oscar Wilde
· The Picture of Dorian Gray
· Project Gutenberg
I could not do that.” “Women are not always allowed a choice,” he answered, but hardly had he finished the sentence before from the far end of the conservatory came a stifled groan, followed by the dull sound of a heavy fall. And with fear in his eyes, Lord Henry rushed through the flapping palms to find Dorian Gray lying face downwards on the tiled floor in a deathlike swoon. He was carried at once into the blue dra...
The contrast between the restrained, almost resigned exchange about women's agency and the sudden physical collapse sharply interrupts the scene, shifting the mood from contemplation to alarm. The flapping palms in the conservatory, stirred by Lord Henry's urg...