Chapter 2
Lord Henry on influence: 'All influence is immoral... To influence a person is to give him one's own soul.'
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A recurring theme is whether one person can corrupt another -- Lord Henry insists he merely observes, while the lives Dorian wrecks (Adrian Singleton, Lord Henry's sister, etc.) suggest otherwise.
Chapter 12
Basil recounts to Dorian the rumors of ruined young men and women -- the catalogue of Dorian's social destructions.
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