El Retrato de Dorian Gray

from ctpress

"Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing." Not the best advice in the world to a young innocent man. The premise of Oscar Wilde's only novel is well-known. Dorian Grays friend Basil Hallward paints hi...

from pmtracy

This novel is about both a literal portrait of Gray and the figurative painting of his character to be one of self-indulgence and Victorian decadence and excess. Gray is described to be of exceptionally striking physical appearance. At the start of the novel, he is somewhat modest and unaware of ...

from copyedit52

Not just about aging, which I assumed, based upon popular culture, but moral degeneration too; or rather, about moral degeneration and aging, in that order. As a reader, looking to enjoy himself (I give up on a lot of books if the writing itself doesn't appeal to me), the prose at first was annoy...

from readafew

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a well known classic and many people have some idea about the story line; a magic picture ages and bears the marks while Dorian himself doesn't change. While that is an important part, there is a lot more to the story. I felt it was well worth the time to read this o...

from theokester

I knew relatively little going into this book...and what little I did know was from less than 100% accurate retellings such as in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or references from cheesy shows or horror flicks (I think perhaps there was a reference in Scooby Doo somewhere?). I had the basic gi...