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The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
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- And I saw you with him the other night at the Opera.†
Chpt 4opera = a musical play with orchestra in which most of the dialogue is sung (or the art form that consists of such musicals; or describing something as related to that art form)
- "My dear Harry, we either lunch or sup together every day, and I have been to the Opera with you several times," said Dorian, opening his blue eyes in wonder.†
Chpt 4
- Oh, I hope not!" exclaimed Lord Henry, who was scanning the occupants of the gallery through his opera-glass.†
Chpt 7
- You must come and dine with me, and afterwards we will look in at the Opera.†
Chpt 8
- And to-night I am to dine with you, and then go on to the Opera, and sup somewhere, I suppose, afterwards.†
Chpt 8
- I think I shall join you at the Opera, Harry.†
Chpt 8
- An hour later he was at the Opera, and Lord Henry was leaning over his chair.†
Chpt 8
- I called last night, and they told me you were at the Opera.†
Chpt 9
- I was at the Opera.†
Chpt 9
- "You went to the Opera?" said Hallward, speaking very slowly, and with a strained touch of pain in his voice.†
Chpt 9
- You went to the Opera while Sibyl Vane was lying dead in some sordid lodging?†
Chpt 9
- Yet, after some time, he wearied of them, and would sit in his box at the Opera, either alone or with Lord Henry, listening in rapt pleasure to "Tannhaeuser," and seeing in the prelude to that great work of art a presentation of the tragedy of his own soul.†
Chpt 11
- They ... used to be always seen together at the Opera, and wherever good music was going on.
Chpt 14 *opera = performances of classical music plays in which most of the dialogue is sung
Definitions:
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(1)
(opera) a form of musical theater with orchestra in which most of the words are sung, often in a classical style and sometimes in a foreign language
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, the expression, soap opera, refers to a television or radio program that typically runs for many years and dramatizes the lives of a group of characters.