'They say that when good Americans die they go
to Paris,' chuckled Sir Thomas....'Really! And where do bad Americans go to
when they die?' inquired the Duchess.
'They go to America,' murmured Lord Henry.
OSCAR WILDE, 1891
ATTRIBUTION
Original source
The Picture of Dorian Gray, book 1891.
Version previously published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 46
(July 1890).
By
Oscar Wilde
Details
Ch. 3.
Interchange between Sir Thomas Burdon, the Duchess of Harley, and Lord Henry Wotton.
Reused in:
A Woman of No Importance, pub.
1894
By:
Oscar Wilde
Details
Act 1 Interchange, slightly altered,
between Mrs Allonby, Lady Hunstanton, and Lord Illingworth.