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The Picture of Dorian Gray - An easy read?
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Tai
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Oct 23, 2012 12:51AM
Ive always liked the idea of reading books then discussing them. But never have anyone to do that with...LOL I have to admit I find classic stories like this to be hard keeping my attention. The first time I ever heard of this Character was in the movie A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Never read the story. Any helpful thoughts?
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You could watch the movie "The Picture of Dorian Grey".It is made after the book and it's well made.I have read the book and the only difference it's that in the book Dorian Grey has blond hair and blue eyes while in the movie he has dark hair and brown eyes.
If it's hard for you to keep focused when reading classic stories,i think you should watch the movie.:)
Have a nice day!
The latest movie with Colin firth in it was good. I found the book quite easy to read. The story flowed nicely and I liked reading it to get in on all the intimate feelings. I then saw the movie just to see how they visualized it. But I much preferred the book and picking up on all the homosexual undertones was fun to do it actually made me laugh out loud several times. I'd suggest trying to read it and see I'd you can get into it coz its so worth it
But as Christina has said, very minor differences to the film and book so watching the movie's just as good :D
It wouldn't hurt to check out the book. I have it for free on my kindle app. Thank you ladies, good advice to a newby.
Cristina wrote: "You could watch the movie "The Picture of Dorian Grey".It is made after the book and it's well made.I have read the book and the only difference it's that in the book Dorian Grey has blond hair an..."
They were probably keeping to beauty standards of the day, whereas the League movie went for tall, dark, and ominous.
Although why he had his picture hanging in the hall is beyond me, unless it was a decoy to throw off Quartermain.
I can't even begin to explain my fascination with the book and the movie as well.I believe it is a very good adaptation and that Ben Barnes did and amazing job as Dorian Grey.
Oh yeah,I forgot that Dorian Grey appeared in LXG.
I read (or at least, I tried to) this book about two years ago. I got half way through and they were only just mentioning his picture starting to change. I just gave up on it then and put it away for another time when I had more patience. Since then, however, I've seen the movie, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'll be having another crack at it fairly soon as a result.
I think it's an easy read if you look at it as being very metaphysical. Obviously it got some of the supernatural/sensational about it, so you just have to take that for what it is, and realize it's all about representing his character. It's very dark, but I thought very powerful.
@Ellen Are you going to join in on the group read? I think it starts soon.
The book's an easy read & I love Lord Henry's little thoughts on life. Colin Firth did a good job as this character.
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And to give my own answer to the post - although you do not need it anymore :) - I think book is an easy read (about 200 pages long). The only obstacles may be your own tastes, like someone said, if you are not really into gothic horror and classic fiction. I hope you'll like it though :)
I have not seen the movie, but I do have the book - Dorian Grey. I need to get started on the book, and check out viewing the movie. Thanks for the helpful comments on it. It has encouraged me to give it a try.
Carol
Carol
I have tried to read the book, but it is painfully slow reading and difficult to get into. I have also seen the movie, which is almost as painful as the book.I'd much rather other gothic horror/classic fiction books that have been made into movies, like Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Stoker's Dracula (actually saw Dracula as a ballet performance - quite enjoyed it).
Madison wrote: "I have tried to read the book, but it is painfully slow reading and difficult to get into. I have also seen the movie, which is almost as painful as the book.
I'd much rather other gothic horror/c..."
Hi Madison,
I know what you mean. It is slow reading. While I'm reading it, I'm trying to put myself in that time period. Very different from ours today.
Carol
I'd much rather other gothic horror/c..."
Hi Madison,
I know what you mean. It is slow reading. While I'm reading it, I'm trying to put myself in that time period. Very different from ours today.
Carol
@Madison... Stoker's Dracula is slow read too, but that shouldn't stop you from reading it, as well as Dorian Grey or any other book (I'll stop at Ana Karenina, because I really think Tolstoy could have used all that time to write something less pathetic, but that's just my opinion).With slow books I read less pages at once, but read the book more frequently. Some books you can't digest too quickly, and what's important you shouldn't.
