The Picture of Dorian Gray (Norton Critical Edition) - Wilde, Oscar

from kaulsu

This won't be a standard review: another has already provided the synopsis. First, although I know I read this in high school, as an assignment, I remembered very little of it. Which leads me to think two things: 1. I was not a good student 2. Most of it was over my naive head! The book was fille...

from nmhale

In his classic novel about aesthetics and morality, Wilde presents Dorian Gray, a young man of extraordinary beauty. The reader meets Dorian when he arrives for a sitting for Basil Hallword, a talented painter who is smitten with the youth. At Basil's house, Dorian meets Lord Henry, a dissolute a...

from whitewavedarling

This is a haunting story that you'll be drawn to despite yourself. Watching the character transform both horrifies and fascinates, and by the end, you might easily have found that you've read the book through in a single sitting. If you enjoy gothic literature, ghost stories, or tales such as Fra...

from baswood

The only difference between a caprice and a life long passion is that a caprice lasts longer" "American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past" "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing" "Nothing can cure the soul...

from jcelrod

Wilde does gothic.