Chapter 20
'As it had killed the painter, so it would kill the painter's work, and all that that meant. It would kill the past.' The final stroke that ends Dorian.
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From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The novel's climax: Dorian takes the knife that killed Basil and stabs the portrait, killing himself and restoring the painting's beauty.
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