Enriched Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (Paperback)

from Marse

I remember reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in high school, but did not appreciate it as much as I do now. The decadence of the settings, the relationships, the atmosphere is both more obvious and intriguing to me than it was the first time I read it. The psychological aspect is reminiscent o...

from helynrob

"Oh yes, Dr. Chasuble is a most learned man. He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows."

from darcy36

I liked it. I know some people found Lord Henry pompous and overwhelming, but I enjoyed his (Wilde's) philosophical observations of human nature. I don't agree with all of them, but I found them intriguing and thought-provoking. While Basil was the artist who captured Dorian's physical image, Har...

from ValerieAndBooks

I recently re-read The Picture of Dorian Gray online (the book I have here on LibraryThing is back in the house we're trying to sell; thus I did not also re-read the Other Writings section) because my 8th grader son was reading it for class. I enjoyed re-visiting this novella and discussing it wi...

from gazzy

A great Victorian horror story of a man who makes a faustian deal with himself so that he can indulge every sense and never show it. The master aesthete accomplishes victory on so many levels: he invents a new premise, he expounds his aesthetic movement, and criticizes it at the same time.