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This was the book that told the stories of all the art in the room at the chateau. The book tells the fateful story of the oval portrait, where a husband incessantly strives for the perfect portrait of his wife which eventually takes her life..

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When the narrator moves the candelabra he notices the oval portrait in the corner of the room. This strikes the narrators curiosity to find and read about the painting in the book, where the tragedy of painting it is told.

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The actual oval portrait that takes the life of the wife, because the painter she marries is as much in love with this painting as he is with her. The wife ends up dying by the time he completes the painting.
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