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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Community Reviews back

by Oscar Wilde
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kennethjmcginnis
kennethjmcginnis rated it 11 years ago
4.00568804
Reading is Therapy
Reading is Therapy rated it 11 years ago
This book is mind blowing. It touches so many topics that are very thoughts provoking. It's an old book but it feels so modern. I can't praise Oscar Wilde enough for this book.
katiewilkins186
katiewilkins186 rated it 11 years ago
Dorian Gray is a beautiful and likable young man until presented with opportunity to remain unchangingly young. The influence of an immoral friend and the temptation to do wrong without showing any signs of his corruption soon prove too much for Dorian.The most intriguing part of this story is the p...
hystericalcheezit
hystericalcheezit rated it 11 years ago
I can't believe I actually finished it finally, whoa. I don't even know what to say. Since I read it off and on, I should probably reread it eventually. I just really love it -- the prose, the themes, the meanings, the characters, the truths. There are a lot of lines in here that are gold, and lines...
The girl of slender means
The girl of slender means rated it 12 years ago
http://www.lauragonzalez.co.uk/2013/08/17/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde/
The Girl in a Cafe
The Girl in a Cafe rated it 12 years ago
If I was alive in his time, Oscar and I would have been absolute besties, I can tell.
Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it 12 years ago
I couldn't connect with it but I felt it was well written.
Florencia
Florencia rated it 12 years ago
A normal review A painting. A young man who meets a new friend that introduces him into hedonism. Same young man now is willing to do anything to maintain his youth and beauty, while his soul becomes tremendously corrupted. The plot's interesting and well-written. It depicts society in late 19th c...
dineshjayaraman
dineshjayaraman rated it 12 years ago
Great read. The first half is replete with Wilde's wonderful witticisms, especially Lord Henry's lines, and is a lot of fun to read. Towards the end, Dorian Gray's character grows considerably fleshier and more interesting, the book grows palpably darker, and this is where the real substance of the ...
newwavepolly
newwavepolly rated it 12 years ago
Goodreads could really benefit from a half-star rating. This is more of a three and a half star book.
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