Saturday, May 23, 2020

The Picture of Dorian Gray

This is Oscar Wilde's masterpiece.  This was also my third time reading it.  I always read something I didn't see before. It's the story of a handsome man who sells his soul to look forever young.  However, his life of sin is reflected on a painting that Dorian soon hides away in the attic.  Dorian's emotions range at the painting from indifference to horror to remorse (more like hypocrisy though).  Dorian's sins start with leading a girl to suicide to more serious ones like murder.  Dorian's friend Lord Henry has tons of quotes in the book.  (Most of them are women-hating.)   Dorian is poison leading most people who end up on his path to trouble.  I wish that Oscar Wilde wrote more novels for this is a witty but cautionary tale. 

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