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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Start date: June 1, 2012

Finish date: June 30, 2012

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Dec 29, 2011 Mr. Twinkie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: thebest100list, classic, 5-stars, 1800-1900, good-fiction

I am raising this to a five star book because it's simply a book that I keep thinking about all the time despite being over a month ago since I finished it. It did make an impact on me that I wasn't aware of. ...more

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May 01, 2013 AMAL SAGHEER rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, owned

the best to represent : careful what you wish for :)...one of the most affecting novels i have ever read

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Mar 25, 2012 Bror (Abrar) rated it liked it

creepy book , i really don't know why will someone want to be the same way forever that's just boring and stupid .

I thought Dorian was very shallow , the story was very slow and has a lot of details (that have nothing to do with the main subject) .
I don't actually like to write reviews about books i didn't like that much .

Maybe if i matured a little more , got another perspective of life in the future i'll re-read it and like it more .

Till then ... ...more

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Feb 22, 2011 Angela rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, reviewed-by-me

I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I liked the aging picture thing. Everyone always says that this book has a theme of homosexuality, but I just didn't see it. Perhaps I will re-read it. But ironically it does remind me of being gay, but because of personal things happening at the time with friends rather than what is actually in the book, so you'd think I would have seen it. ...more

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