The Picture of Dorian Gray in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jun 25, 2019 Blaine rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019, e-book

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

The Picture of Dorian Gray revolves around three main characters. Basil Hallward is an artist. He paints a portrait of his muse, a beautiful young man named Dorian Gray. On the day the painting is finished, Basil introduces Dorian to Lord Henry Wotton, a hedonist who argues to Dorian that a life of sensual pleasure is the only life worth living. Dorian instantly agrees, and momentarily states that he would sell his soul so that the picture, ...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Francisca Viegas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-portuguese, borrowed, classics, 2011

opinião em breve.

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Dec 24, 2021 Marie (UK) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-reading-challenge

I have read and enjoyed this before but this time I listened to it on audio. I was not impressed by the audio I found the narrator unconvincing and there were times when i had to replay parts to make sure i heard everything. The story still stands up well but the problems with the audio reduced that enjoyment

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Oct 26, 2021 Tweller83 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, adult-read, scary-horror, pbs-great-american-read, bt-favs

This is classified as a horror and while it has no real body horror or jump scares, I would classify this as one of the earliest psychological horrors. I felt sorry for Dorian up to a certain part, but then I could see his descent into madness or evilness, or whatever you want to call it. He was certainly a weak person seemingly in both mind and body. I thought the "devil" had to be Lord Henry. He was experimenting with Dorian! Incredible. Incredibly horrible! And Basil was just the stereotypica ...more

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