The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published as a serial in Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine, and the publishers thought it would so offend readers that they removed nearly 500 words without Wilde’s approval. Wilde soon expanded it and republished it as a novel, including a short preface justifying his art. Even though his contemporaries considered it so offensive that some argued for his prosecution, Dorian Gray today survives as a classic philosophical novel that explores themes of aestheticism and double lives. Couched in Wilde’s trademark cutting wit, Dorian Gray is still being adapted today, with Dorian and his moldering portrait remaining cultural touchstones.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published as a serial in Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine, and the publishers thought it would so offend readers that they removed nearly 500 words without Wilde’s approval. Wilde soon expanded it and republished it as a novel, including a short preface justifyin...
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robert flores
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August 18, 2026
IThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a fine classic, but I am not a fan of Wilde's writing style. He drones on for entire chapters about things that do nothing to move the story along. Then randomly adds characters and creates a quick history for them instead of having incorporated them into the story earlier. Basically, Wilde concentrates on things that are trivial and not enough on major plot points.
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March 29, 2026
Man who is convinced that he is soulless, kills himself by stabbing his portrait with the same knife he used to kill the artist with. deep stuff man
Titan Lange
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February 26, 2023
This quite a wonderful drama that can entertain you for days with it's dramatic shows of affection, sorrow and all sorts of emotion as the story progresses
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