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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Start date: January 3, 2020

Finish date: March 30, 2020

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Sep 24, 2011 Jenn rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001-books-to-read-completed, 50-books-to-read-before-you-die, victorian-literature, barely-finished, classics, 2011

It starts out with a great premise: what if you could remain youthful and vibrant while a portrait of yourself took the toll of age and sin? It seemed very interesting. But the story really drags on with unnecessary details with only small points that actually seem to relate to the true story. Lord Harry seems to go on and on in his flowery and very boring speeches. I had a really hard time getting through the book. The only thing that kept me going was the hope that somehow the ending would mak ...more

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Aug 25, 2020 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-kindle, 2020-read, classics-trad-and-modern

I expected to enjoy this more than I did. None of the characters are sympathetic and some of the passages are a bit laborious. The story is so ingrained in literary culture that it's hard to experience the book on its own merits. If anything I feel like Lord Henry is the real villain and Dorian is merely weak willed and easily influenced. Glad to have reread but not a favourite. ...more

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