The Picture of Dorian Gray - Chapter 16

The Gothic mood intensifies in this chapter as a miserable rain falls over London's shadowy streets. Dorian Gray seeks oblivion to forget Basil's murder, craving the dens of opium and vice tucked away in the city's darkness. As the night deepens, Dorian finds himself accosted by a stranger who accuses him of causing his sister's suicide years before. At gunpoint, Dorian pleads for a chance to prove his innocence. When his assailant James Vane examines Dorian’s youthful face unchanged after ne...