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In "The Picture of Dorian Grey", the title character receives a "poisonous" french novel from Lord Henry. Under the influence of the book, he indulges in various vices and debauchery. Although Wilde never mentioned the title or author of the book, critics speculate that it was very likely a veiled reference to the novel, "A Rebours" (in English, "Against Nature") since there are strong similarities between the two stories.
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According to a prominent literary critic, Richard Ellmann, "Wilde does not name the book but at his trial he conceded that it was, or almost, Huysmans's A Rebours...To a correspondent he wrote that he had played a 'fantastic variation' upon A Rebours and some day must write it down. The references in Dorian Gray to specific chapters are deliberately inaccurate."
(ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray)
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