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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Start date: May 1, 2017

Finish date: May 31, 2017

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Dec 18, 2021 Henry rated it liked it · review of another edition

Am I missing something about this novel? I enjoy reading the classics, particularly 19th century English works, and I have been meaning to read this book for some time. Am I glad I did? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. Every single character is either despicable or at best unlikeable. That does not make for very good reading especially when you combine it with a story that is predictable and writing that is, although very good, incredibly self-indulgent. Three stars, only because I may be missing someth ...more

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Nov 17, 2024 Summer rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5 I think! Wow!

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"Art, even the art of fullest scope and widest vision, can never really show us the external world. All that it shows us is our own soul the one world of which we have any real cognizance… It is art, and art only, that reveals us to ourselves." - Oscar Wilde

What happened to Dorian Gray?

When we start the book, he's a young, somewhat naive, puppy-like boy who's just floating through life at the guidance of these older men who take an interest in him. And he turns from an innocen ...more

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