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Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Short Stories by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 0-451-52601-5 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Comment: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is a story of a handsome young man and his transformation from innocence to vile, wickedness. The story is set in London, England in the late 1800's. Through his acquaintances and a little wish his life is changed. Dorian's personality and manners alter drastically and thus, he begins his downfall. The novel is very descriptive and uses philosophical themes. The use of language is extraordinary and some of the things discussed in the novel really make you think. The story is very morbid and cynical, but beautifully done. At times though, the descriptions and philosophical jibber-jabber can be a bit overdone. Still, I liked this novel and would recommend it to anyone. Once I started reading this, it was hard to put the book down.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Comment: Title of Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
Reviewed By: Mary Poppins
Period: 5
Basil Hallward painted a picture of one of his friends, Dorian Gray. Dorian was about eighteen years old, and everyone said that he was very beautiful. Lord Henry Wotton (Harry), Basil's friend from Oxford, wanted to meet Dorian Gray because Basil told Lord Henry a lot of good things about him. After the picture was finished, Basil gave it to Dorian as a present, and Dorian made a wish that would always be young, and the picture would grow old. Whenever Dorian had a secret, Lord Henry was always the first to know. Dorian's face never changed in eighteen years. He looked exactly the same as when he was eighteen. One day, Dorian took Basil to the attic. Basil was then the first person to know about the picture being altered. After Basil saw the picture, Dorian murdered the man by stabbing a knife behind his ear, stabbing him again and again. The day after Basil was dead, Dorian made Alan Campbell, one of his former friends, get rid of the body, by blackmailing him. Dorian then decided what he was going to do. He was going to destroy the picture, and he thought that he was going to be in peace. He grabbed the knife that he had used to kill Basil and stabbed the picture with it. A cry and a crash were heard. Sometime later, the coachman and the footman went in through the windows. On the wall, there was a picture of Dorian Gray, young and beautiful. On the floor, they saw a man that was wrinkled, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. They had to examine the rings for them to recognize who it really was.
I liked the book because it was fun and interesting at the same time. This quote is what made Dorian's wish come true: "...only if it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old!" He didn't know that his wish was to come true. I love when things like that happen!
I also disliked the book because in some parts, it just goes on and on about things that I don't understand. Also, there is too much philosophy in this book. This is Lord Henry's quote: "I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, down-right cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated...." The quote still goes on. I think that Lord Henry is too philosophic.
My least favorite part of the book was when Dorian was stabbing Basil because that is too nasty for me. That is what I hate to hear.
Rating: 5
Summary: You've Got to Love Wilde's Witty Cynicism
Comment: This is really the story that made me fall in love with Oscar Wilde. He's so cynical and sarcastic and witty!! The story is so dark and twisted, even if you can predict the end, you cannot predict all of it. The other stories included in this edition are terrific too, giving a real smorgasboard of his work.
My favorite quote from this story is "He lives the poetry he cannot write, they write the poetry they cannot live."
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