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I really loved this classic. It was weird at sometimes and super anti-feminsm (which I obviously didn't like, but it makes sense because of the time when it was written). Lord Henry was an interesting character and it felt like Oscar Wilde used him to make all his thoughts about everything public. Lord Henry is this man who thinks about everything in black and white and really sees just the opposites of things. Some of those things were positive, but most of them were not. He sees men and women
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Dorian Gray is a young man with extraordinary good looks. They captivate the attentions of society and he is adored and admired wherever he goes. When he becomes the muse of a local painter, Basil Hallward, he thinks nothing of it and agrees to sit for him.
Another friend of Basil's, Lord Henry Wotton, thrives on controversial and witty conversation. He marvels at Dorian’s beauty…but tells him that youth doesn’t last forever.
Dorian realises that the painting Basil has done of him will remain fore ...more
Another friend of Basil's, Lord Henry Wotton, thrives on controversial and witty conversation. He marvels at Dorian’s beauty…but tells him that youth doesn’t last forever.
Dorian realises that the painting Basil has done of him will remain fore ...more
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Apr 27, 2018
Justin
marked it as to-read
