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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 31, 2012

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Jun 14, 2008 Cecily rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, sexuality-gender-lgbtqi, magical-realism, class-etiquette, mental-health-victorian-madness

Faustian theme, told in a quintessentially Wildean way. Quite a few lines that occur in other works - both his own and those of others.

Some similarities with Virginia Woolf's Orlando : the magical realism and some of the passages describing beautiful fabrics and artefacts. ...more

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Oct 01, 2013 Shea rated it liked it

Shelves: pages-and-popcorn, classics-challenge

This is a very interesting story about how corrupt a man can become while the consequences are not apparent to those around him. Dorian is forced to confront the deterioration of his soul through the painting of himself but it is too little, too late. There were entire chapters I could have done without as they didn't seem to move the story along. Information that did contribute to the story was often repeated several times and I could have done without the repetition as well. Overall, it is a g ...more

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Mar 10, 2008 Ryan rated it liked it

Not my favorite book of all times but I did find it interesting enough to keep reading. I didn't really care for the anti-hero and most of the book I kept wishing Dorian would either get it together orput an end to his misery. Many parts of the plots seemed only to imply actions instead of describing them in detail. I do like some detail and there was just a lot of vagueness. ...more

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