Chapter 1
Basil confesses he has put too much of himself into the portrait and refuses to exhibit it.
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From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Basil is introduced as the sincere artist whose worship of Dorian's beauty becomes the moral and emotional center the novel will betray.
Chapter 9
Basil's full confession of his idolatrous love: 'I worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man should ever give to a friend.'
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