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Oscar Wilde

Start date: September 1, 2012

Finish date: September 15, 2012

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Jan 27, 2016 Tinka rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: stand-alone, paperback-hardcover, 4-stars-really-like-you, read-in-english, classics

“The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought, and sold, and bartered away. It can be poisoned or made perfect. There is a soul in each one of us. I know it.”

I have an odd fascination with Oscar Wilde. Hell, I kind of adore him in all his artistic and flamboyant glory. There was just something about the man, you know? Be it his views on the world, his experiences or simply his writing style.

Speaking of, Wilde is one of those authors who didn’t just write, he created art. That’s really wh ...more

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Aug 21, 2014 Jules rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3,5 Stars since I cannot decide.

There is not much to say about this classic. It is a great story told by Oscar Wilde. One has to like his style since he does not make it easy for the reader to grasp the plot. Many things (important things) are not told or only told in dialogue while between the dialogue there are lengthy inner monologues and very little "happening". That aside, the story is highly enjoyable and worth a read! ...more

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Apr 28, 2019 collection.of.words rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: on-my-shelf

3,5/5
One of the best and most interesting classics I ever read

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Dec 22, 2019 Jess rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: e-books, owned-books, altlasten-2016, altlasten-2019, altlasten-2017, altlasten-2018, klassiker, 2019

Ein Klassiker, der spannend ist, man versteht um was es geht und ein zwar voraussehbarer Ende hat, aber trotzdem gut ist.

Ich bin froh, dass ich ihn gelesen habe !

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