The Picture of Dorian Gray Group

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water7
water7
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High School - 12th Grade

What happened to Dorian’s mother and father in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

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Posted by water7 on Sunday March 2, 2008 at 3:57 PM and tagged with characters, father, mother, the picture of dorian gray.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Both of his parents are dead. Here is what eNotes has to say about them:

    Dorian Gray is twenty years old when the novel begins. He is the grandson of Lord Kelso, and his mother was the beautiful Lady Margaret Devereux. Margaret married a man Lord Kelso did not approve of, and her father arranged for the man to be killed in a duel. Dorian’s mother died within a year, and Dorian was raised by his grandfather. When Dorian comes of age at twenty-one, he will inherit enough money to enable him to live comfortably.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Monday March 3, 2008 at 8:23 AM