The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde

  • Release Date: 1889-12-31
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
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Description

Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story.

Reviews

  • The best part …

    2
    By Hudsucker2
    … was the last, vivid paragraph. I’ve seen several film interpretations of this over the years and really looked forward to reading the original novel, but for me, everything but the end read as pompously as the characters — not just the dialogue but the exposition, too. Maybe it was just a product of its time, but I was disappointed.

  • The only book I read on repeat!

    5
    By 827ce
    Oscar Wilde went wild with this one!

  • Great Imagery and Surprising Turns

    5
    By bassynater2500
    What a beautiful book that took something that felt so grounded and down to earth and completely surprises the reader with events and imagery you’d only expect a great author to pen. One chapter in the book (its longest chapter I might add) is arduous and hard to get through but you are almost immediately rewarded with incredible climax and conclusion.

  • The plot is consistently building

    5
    By uiopyuy
    Loved the cascading storyline of bad and good

  • Made me sick

    3
    By RLOMD
    This one made me sick, but I am sensitive and it is a classic.

  • Fantastic

    5
    By Book Worm Becca
    Fantastic novel. This version is missing words in the Shakespeare passages. This is a very minor inconvenience and does not occur often. There are approximately 3-4 passages with words cut off in the entire novel.

  • Oh youth

    4
    By Cubanoso
    The avalanche of epigrams drowns the book and makes many passages clunky. The best chapter is the trip to the opium den. The writing is more natural and more beautiful because it is not strained.

  • Beautiful chaotic tragedy

    5
    By xoryanna
    Prideful? Yes. Does Wilde paint beautifully with words? Yes. I went into this book with no preconceived notions and was blown away with words and art there in. Lord Henry was the most loyal friend to Dorian, that type of loyalty and honesty is not always easy to come by.

  • Dorian

    4
    By jummy112234
    Great book. Just one chapter was boring

  • Larry stylinson

    5
    By Zalec Nathan
    Any one else only read cause of the Larry fanfic young and beautiful? Is an incredible book though didn’t like chapter 11 but it’s exquisite besides that

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