The Picture of Dorian Gray - Chapter 5
In this chapter, we become more intimately acquainted with Sibyl Vane, a young actress of singular enchantment, radiant in the flush of her impassioned youth and in love with Dorian Gray - her fleeting Prince Charming. Burdened with poverty, but lavish in spirit, Sibyl's love for Dorian is only rivalled by her passion for art. Her mother, Mrs. Vane, steeped in hardened realism, sees in their benefactor, Mr. Isaacs, a ladder, not to love, but to monetary salvation. Jim Vane, Sibyl's coa...