Both Uses
revelation
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
(Edited)
- The sense of his own beauty came on him like a revelation.
Chpt 2 *revelation = something previously unknown; or making such a thing known
- He told me why he wouldn't, and it was a revelation to me.
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(revelation) something that was previously unknown (and typically surprising); or making such a thing known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) As a proper noun, Revelation refers to the last book of the Bible with visionary descriptions of the End of Days. It can also refer to things revealed religiously rather than via logic.