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A young man, strikingly beautiful and remarkably pure from corrupt influences, sits for a portrait and when that portrait is finished makes a prayer that instead of his changing, the portrait will.
What follows is more than just a Faustian story. Perhaps Dorian comes to realize that man must bear the evidence of his mistakes though life or perhaps not. What we do see is a man who struggles to find something that gives his life meaning when the typical things are stripped away.
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What follows is more than just a Faustian story. Perhaps Dorian comes to realize that man must bear the evidence of his mistakes though life or perhaps not. What we do see is a man who struggles to find something that gives his life meaning when the typical things are stripped away.
Wilde is infamous ...more
With a name like Dorian he really didn't stand a chance, did he? I had difficulty for the first third of this book getting used to the upper classes and their tiresomeness, then the book took off and I could see what all the fuss was about.
Great concept, having a beautiful person stay unchanging while his portrait reveals what his face would be showing as his lifestyle degenerates. I thought for a while he might redeem himself, and perhaps Wilde was exploring that. Lord Henry entertains with a ...more
Great concept, having a beautiful person stay unchanging while his portrait reveals what his face would be showing as his lifestyle degenerates. I thought for a while he might redeem himself, and perhaps Wilde was exploring that. Lord Henry entertains with a ...more
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