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Unit six.

Unit grammar check.

Exercise two.

What is beauty?

The picture of Dorian Gray was published in eighteen ninety-one.

It's about a man called Dorian Gray, who thinks that physical beauty is more important than his soul.

When an artist paints a beautiful picture of him, Dorian Gray has an idea.

He wishes for the painting to become old and ugly, and not him.

When this happens, the consequences are terrible.

This book was written by the Irish author Oscar Wilde.

Wilde also wrote poems, plays and children's stories, but this was his only novel.

Oscar Wilde had a difficult life.

He was sent to prison for two years, and he died when he was only forty-six years old.

Now, The picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the classics of Gothic horror fiction.

Every year, it will be studied by thousands of British students for their literature exams.