Chapter 9
Basil's confession: 'I quite admit that I adored you madly, extravagantly, absurdly.' One of the passages most cited at Wilde's trial.
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From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Basil's confession of his feeling for Dorian, and the broader homoerotic atmosphere, made the novel scandalous in 1890 and was partly toned down for the 1891 edition; the passages were later used against Wilde at his trial.
Chapter 1
Basil's account of meeting Dorian: 'When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me.'
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