The Missing
Link!
Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives
with his mother in a little house in New
York. They don’t have much money, but
mother and son are very good friend.
Cedric is kind, friendly little boy, and
everybody likes him. His father was
English, but he is dead, now
and
Cedric and his mother are alone in the
world.
But one day a lawyer arrives from
England with
very surprising news
about Cedric’s grandfather and his
inheritance.
Dorian Gray was a young and good -looking man. His life
changed when his friend Basil Hallward, an artist, gave
him a portrait of himself which portrayed Dorian in all his
youth and beauty. At Basil’s house Dorian knew Lord Henry
Wotton. He influenced the young men with his clever
words. Dorian began to feel strange. He start to
considered his youth very important, feeling envy toward
the picture, eternally beautiful and young. Therefore the
young men drew up a kind of “agreement with the devil”.
Dorian will always remain young and beautiful while the
portrait will show the again and it will be the mirror of his
soul. Dorian had a tormented love story with a theatre
actress called Sybil Vane. It ended with the suicide of the
woman. Because of this event, Dorian discovered that his
picture changed its look every time he committed
something bad. He decided to hide the portrait in the
attic. He spent his life enjoying it. Only Basil knew the
existence of the picture. Then he was murdered by Dorian
since he was considered the cause of his harms.
Sometimes Dorian went secretly in the attic to check the
portrait which grew old day by day. He was satisfied for his
eternal youth and scared at the same time. Until one day
Dorian understood the troubles caused by the picture and
decided to destroy it. His servants found the old body of
their master at the foot of the painting.
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Both belong to the same social class;
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They are heir;
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They will have their granfather’s money.