Lord Henry Wotton, the Corrupting Voice

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Lord Henry is the cynical aesthete whose paradoxes and hedonistic philosophy poison Dorian's innocence.
Chapter 1

Lord Henry lounging on the divan, smoking cigarettes and dispensing paradoxes about marriage, beauty, and influence.

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Chapter 2

Lord Henry's seductive sermon in the garden: 'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'

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