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I look forward to your review of this, I also have this on my "to read" shelf for coming up in a couple months! I hope you enjoy it!
Have you read other O. Wilde before? I haven't so this was going to be my first :]
My first but I have also The Importance of Being Earnest.A change of pace,from what I'm reading now!
Fantastic quote to start the review with and a very cunning way of finishing it up, Henry. I also found the last section of the review very intense, your choice of words and pace was excellent. Splendid review of a work I should probably re-read.
Wow, beautiful review Henry! This is one of my favorite books! :-)
It is a classic, and I see why.Thanks as always from San Diego.
Thank you Alejandro, what a interesting book, very thought provoking...
I'm a big fan of the movie, the one with George Sanders and Hurd Hatfield and Angela Lansbury. I've seen it half a dozen times and still haven't gotten tire of it. One day I'll read the book.
Yes, I seen it myself, at least a dozen times, what a great film, all the actors are brilliant.
I remember this classic...but haven't seen this book-cover! Great review!
I thank you Carol, an unique and so splendid a novel, that only Oscar Wilde could have written.
Great review Henry- I love the book (never liked any of the films though). Shame Wilde only wrote one novel- but his plays and short stories more than make up for this.
James I appreciate your support. You didn't like George Sanders as Lord Henry, and Hurd Hatfield , Dorian Gray? Perfect casting the 1945 film.And Angela Lansbury also!
Not so much I don't like the actors (George Sanders is perfect as the urbane, witty and whimsically bored aristocrat- Angela Landsbury's Sybil is wonderful too -didn't like Hurd Hatfield as much though) it's more that I feel no film has even captured the sense of claustrophobia and growing paranoia that I felt reading it- that is- the films haven't captured the psychological horror aspect enough for my taste.
Yes, I see your point, it's almost impossible for a film, to match a classic book. Very few do, and only a tiny minority surpass them. But I think the 1945 movie, will be hard to top now. George Sanders, is not with us anymore.
I thank you my friend, Sabah, yes indeed, this is a fine book, a real classic, that still will interest the reader centuries after it was written...
Beautiful review Henry of a tantalizing masterpiece by gender-bender Mr Wilde.
I thank you, my friend...
Thank you, Elyse...it is a real classic and should be read.
Thank you, Seemita, glad you liked it... such a superior novel are great reads and rare. They capture the total attention of the reader.
This is a very good description of the book. Henry’s constant comical cracks also seem to add a bit of sadness though because they become more solemn as the story progresses and Dorian starts to ignore them in favor of believing his own prideful thoughts. I liked Lord Henry in the very beginning of the book but then began to feel sorry for him and also started to get angry at him because of what his influence had done to Dorian. Your use of Shakespeare to describe the book couldn’t be more of each accurate. "A face without a heart." That is literally the whole story in a nutshell. Dorian traded his heart for a youthful face and in the end, traded his life for a lie he kept hidden in a locked room.
I appreciate your words...This is quite a powerful book and will be read indefinitely...
It seems that you've read it several times. ^^ I think this novel made me know more things about Wilde since he was reputed to be immoral for his sexual offense during his time.
Only read it once... such a wonderful but very poignant.
I thank you..Leslie.This book is so good but quite dark...
I read the original manuscript horrified the editors; they redacted and removed. There are unabridged versions.
Raymond wrote: "I read the original manuscript horrified the editors; they redacted and removed. There are unabridged versions."
Never knew...am curious to see .
leslie hamod wrote: "Thankyou!"
You are welcome.
Great review, Henry! Isn't it an everlasting intriguing book! A few years ago I read the annotated 'Picture of Dorian Gray' which was very interesting, giving backgrounds and influences. The annotated book is here on GR. If you can't find it, I'll send you a recommendation.
Thank you very much, a longer version of the novel was written but the publisher cut it, too controversial...
Yes, the facts about the longer version are mentioned in the annotated publication, along with pictures and drawings. It was a fascinating read, especially because Oscar Wilde himself removed parts of the book for being too provocative.
Too bad, it would be an interesting read, giving more details to this classic, Hanneke.
I'll send you a recommendation of that annotated novel, Henry, because it's hard to find between all those different publications.
Don't seem to be able to recommend it to you, Henry. Well, here is some publication info:
Hardcover, annotated, uncensored , 295 pages
Published April 11th 2011 by Belknap Press (first published June 20th 1890)
Original Title The Picture of Dorian Gray
ISBN 0674057929 (ISBN13: 9780674057920)
It is registered here on GR, look it up by ISBN no.
A fine work, and though provoking, a great piece of literature...Scarlet.
It's been too long since I read this. But what a wonderfully succinct summation of the book!
Such a powerful book, thank you friend.
Nicely written review, Henry!
I am glad you liked it, thank you again TBV.
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I look forward to your review of this, I also have this on my "to read" shelf for coming up in a couple months! I hope you enjoy it!
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Have you read other O. Wilde before? I haven't so this was going to be my first :]
My first but I have also The Importance of Being Earnest.A change of pace,from what I'm reading now!
Fantastic quote to start the review with and a very cunning way of finishing it up, Henry. I also found the last section of the review very intense, your choice of words and pace was excellent. Splendid review of a work I should probably re-read.
Wow, beautiful review Henry! This is one of my favorite books! :-)
It is a classic, and I see why.Thanks as always from San Diego.
Thank you Alejandro, what a interesting book, very thought provoking...
I'm a big fan of the movie, the one with George Sanders and Hurd Hatfield and Angela Lansbury. I've seen it half a dozen times and still haven't gotten tire of it. One day I'll read the book.
Yes, I seen it myself, at least a dozen times, what a great film, all the actors are brilliant.
I remember this classic...but haven't seen this book-cover! Great review!
I thank you Carol, an unique and so splendid a novel, that only Oscar Wilde could have written.
Great review Henry- I love the book (never liked any of the films though). Shame Wilde only wrote one novel- but his plays and short stories more than make up for this.
James I appreciate your support. You didn't like George Sanders as Lord Henry, and Hurd Hatfield , Dorian Gray? Perfect casting the 1945 film.And Angela Lansbury also!
Not so much I don't like the actors (George Sanders is perfect as the urbane, witty and whimsically bored aristocrat- Angela Landsbury's Sybil is wonderful too -didn't like Hurd Hatfield as much though) it's more that I feel no film has even captured the sense of claustrophobia and growing paranoia that I felt reading it- that is- the films haven't captured the psychological horror aspect enough for my taste.
Yes, I see your point, it's almost impossible for a film, to match a classic book. Very few do, and only a tiny minority surpass them. But I think the 1945 movie, will be hard to top now. George Sanders, is not with us anymore.
I thank you my friend, Sabah, yes indeed, this is a fine book, a real classic, that still will interest the reader centuries after it was written...
Beautiful review Henry of a tantalizing masterpiece by gender-bender Mr Wilde.
I thank you, my friend...
Thank you, Elyse...it is a real classic and should be read.
Thank you, Seemita, glad you liked it... such a superior novel are great reads and rare. They capture the total attention of the reader.
This is a very good description of the book. Henry’s constant comical cracks also seem to add a bit of sadness though because they become more solemn as the story progresses and Dorian starts to ignore them in favor of believing his own prideful thoughts. I liked Lord Henry in the very beginning of the book but then began to feel sorry for him and also started to get angry at him because of what his influence had done to Dorian. Your use of Shakespeare to describe the book couldn’t be more of each accurate. "A face without a heart." That is literally the whole story in a nutshell. Dorian traded his heart for a youthful face and in the end, traded his life for a lie he kept hidden in a locked room.
I appreciate your words...This is quite a powerful book and will be read indefinitely...
It seems that you've read it several times. ^^ I think this novel made me know more things about Wilde since he was reputed to be immoral for his sexual offense during his time.
Only read it once... such a wonderful but very poignant.
I thank you..Leslie.This book is so good but quite dark...
I read the original manuscript horrified the editors; they redacted and removed. There are unabridged versions.
Raymond wrote: "I read the original manuscript horrified the editors; they redacted and removed. There are unabridged versions."Never knew...am curious to see .
leslie hamod wrote: "Thankyou!"You are welcome.
Great review, Henry! Isn't it an everlasting intriguing book! A few years ago I read the annotated 'Picture of Dorian Gray' which was very interesting, giving backgrounds and influences. The annotated book is here on GR. If you can't find it, I'll send you a recommendation.
Thank you very much, a longer version of the novel was written but the publisher cut it, too controversial...
Yes, the facts about the longer version are mentioned in the annotated publication, along with pictures and drawings. It was a fascinating read, especially because Oscar Wilde himself removed parts of the book for being too provocative.
Too bad, it would be an interesting read, giving more details to this classic, Hanneke.
I'll send you a recommendation of that annotated novel, Henry, because it's hard to find between all those different publications.
Don't seem to be able to recommend it to you, Henry. Well, here is some publication info: Hardcover, annotated, uncensored , 295 pages
Published April 11th 2011 by Belknap Press (first published June 20th 1890)
Original Title The Picture of Dorian Gray
ISBN 0674057929 (ISBN13: 9780674057920)
It is registered here on GR, look it up by ISBN no.
Beautiful and seductive wotk of art. It poses a lot of qustions and tentatively gives an answer about admirable beauty, beauty admired but not made to last. Picture of Dorian gray is just a reverse otder of life, of things in life. Beauty for its own is made to be transient, only skin deep
A fine work, and though provoking, a great piece of literature...Scarlet.
It's been too long since I read this. But what a wonderfully succinct summation of the book!
Such a powerful book, thank you friend.
Nicely written review, Henry!
I am glad you liked it, thank you again TBV.
