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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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  • Author：Oscar Wilde
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Summary

Dorian Gray is a beautiful yet corrupt man。 When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place， the picture becomes his hideous secret， as it follows Dorian's own downward spiral into cruelty and depravity。

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait， Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty。 Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton， he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society。 Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence。

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_norgita_ ，

loved it

Dini Maharani ，

As a non-native speaker， reading this book was absolutely an experience。 The English wasn't that hard but wasn't really easy too， it's almost pretty moderate （the difficulties）。And I am not the type of reader that will try too hard on finding moral of the story and whatsoever， so I couldn't really know exactly the moral behind this book except for 'beware of who you call friends' because friends can highly interfere with your actual thoughts and ideas。I wouldn't too recommend this book。 I mean r As a non-native speaker， reading this book was absolutely an experience。 The English wasn't that hard but wasn't really easy too， it's almost pretty moderate （the difficulties）。And I am not the type of reader that will try too hard on finding moral of the story and whatsoever， so I couldn't really know exactly the moral behind this book except for 'beware of who you call friends' because friends can highly interfere with your actual thoughts and ideas。I wouldn't too recommend this book。 I mean read it if you really have a spare time， or maybe when you're really interested in the whole story of how friends can slowly transform you to a completely different person or if you're interested in story of a lad obsessing over himself。 。。。more

Alena ，

Oh Dorian Gray…I just love this book。I love Dorian Gray and all his flaws and I wish the book felt more in the figuring out of the magic of the portrait， but all in all a must read。

Maria ，

Good classic。 Ending abrupt but a good read。

Sofía March ，

El retrato de Dorian Gray es uno de mis clasicos favoritos， fue el primero que leí， el cual había leído en una versión resumida。 Esta tercera vez que lo leí me encantó mucho más porque era una versión completa y aparte ilustrada。 Esta novela nos cuenta la historia de Dorian Gray （un joven muy bello y de alma pura） que gracias a la influencia de Lord Henry， se da cuenta que la juventud es lo único que vale la pena en la vida y gracias a su retrato pintado por Basil Hallward se da cuenta de su ext El retrato de Dorian Gray es uno de mis clasicos favoritos， fue el primero que leí， el cual había leído en una versión resumida。 Esta tercera vez que lo leí me encantó mucho más porque era una versión completa y aparte ilustrada。 Esta novela nos cuenta la historia de Dorian Gray （un joven muy bello y de alma pura） que gracias a la influencia de Lord Henry， se da cuenta que la juventud es lo único que vale la pena en la vida y gracias a su retrato pintado por Basil Hallward se da cuenta de su extraordinaria belleza。 Tras ambicionar la belleza y juventud eterna su retrato es el que empieza a envejecer y también va mostrando como su alma se va tornando malvada。 Dorian aprovecha esta oportunidad y comete acciones terribles sabiendo que el castigo caerá en el retrato， mientras que la belleza y juventud de Dorian seguira intacta。 Como dije al inicio es uno de mis clasicos favoritos， más que nada porque Óscar Wilde （autor） nos pinta de alguna manera， que las apariencias engañan， de que podemos tener una cara de Ángel y un alma de demonio y nadie se daría cuenta de ello o no lo querría aceptar porque ¿cómo alguien tan bello podría ser tan malvado？， tambien nos muestra las consecuencias de las influencias， de cómo al momento de que alguien influya en nosotros o nosotros mismos en alguien， ese ser cambia su propia alma por la de nosotros de alguna manera， y también la que más destaca es la ambición， las consecuencias negativas de ambicionar cosas efímeras y vanidosas。 Una mezcla entre belleza y crueldad。 。。。more

cait jane :） ，

i meannnnnnn i liked this， but in between the monologues that was bored。 sorry i was！！！！ but the times i was not bored。。 PHEWW

Troy Walker ，

This was a decent read， but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I read it in a class setting during my undergrad， like I did with The Importance of Being Earnest。 I appreciate the gay subtext and the themes， although I didn't have a lot of historical context of their importance to the late Victorian era and had to look things up。 This was a decent read， but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I read it in a class setting during my undergrad， like I did with The Importance of Being Earnest。 I appreciate the gay subtext and the themes， although I didn't have a lot of historical context of their importance to the late Victorian era and had to look things up。 。。。more

katharina :） ，

4，5⭐️this was kinda a re-read for me， i read a really short version about 3 years ago and remembered loving it， so i bought the original version and i absolutely loved it。it was so aged if its time and you even now you can （still） learn so much from this book。sometimes the language was a bit hard but i really recommend reading this with the audiobook， this makes an excellent reading experience。definitely my favorite classic so far。

Danielle ，

Booorrring

ESSA ALJASSIM ，

✍🏼📚📚📚صورة روديان جراي المؤلفة : اوسكار وايلد 🇬🇧🇮🇪الناشر /التنويررواية ٢٩٤ صفحة 。。。。ما من فنان يشتكي السقم أبداً 。 فالفنان يستطيع التعبير عن كل شيء في الحياة 。أداة الفن الفكر و اللغة و مادة الفن الفضيلة و الرذيلة 。أرقى الفنون من ناحية القالب الموسيقى ، و أرقى الفنون من ناحية الشعور التمثيل 。للفن ظاهر مكشوف و رمز خبيء 。و من يتجاوز الظاهر يجازف بكل شيء 。و من يفهم الرمز يجازف بكل عزيز 。الفن ليس صورة الحياة ، بل صورة المستعرض لموكب الحياة 。اختلاف الظنون في العمل الفني دليل على أن العمل جديد و معقّد و ✍🏼📚📚📚صورة روديان جراي المؤلفة : اوسكار وايلد 🇬🇧🇮🇪الناشر /التنويررواية ٢٩٤ صفحة 。。。。ما من فنان يشتكي السقم أبداً 。 فالفنان يستطيع التعبير عن كل شيء في الحياة 。أداة الفن الفكر و اللغة و مادة الفن الفضيلة و الرذيلة 。أرقى الفنون من ناحية القالب الموسيقى ، و أرقى الفنون من ناحية الشعور التمثيل 。للفن ظاهر مكشوف و رمز خبيء 。و من يتجاوز الظاهر يجازف بكل شيء 。و من يفهم الرمز يجازف بكل عزيز 。الفن ليس صورة الحياة ، بل صورة المستعرض لموكب الحياة 。اختلاف الظنون في العمل الفني دليل على أن العمل جديد و معقّد و نابض بالحياة 。و كلما اختلف النقاد أحسّ الفنان بأنّه أدّى واجبه 。في وسعنا أن نصفح عن صاحب الفن المفيد إذا أدرك أن فنّه ليس جميلاً و المبّرر الأوحد لوجود الفن غير المفيد هو أن يأسرنا بجماله 。لا نفع في الفن إطلاقاً 。。。。هنا أوسكار وايلد يرسم لنا صورة بطله （ دوريان جراي ） يوضح لنا رسمةً رُسمت من قبل رسّامه （ بازيل ） لبطله و كانت تحمل بين خباياها الخطايا و التي أدّت به كلمّا رآها أنبعث في داخله بغض و كراهية و حقد دفين لـ بازيل و حتى في حياته الأجتماعية البرقواطيّه و جمال ملامحة أدّت بها إلى أجتذابه في نفوس المجتمع و من يقابله 。رواية مؤلمة بشعة و نهاية غير متوّقعة 。。。more

Anais ，

Shook

Nadja ，

4。5* The Picture of Dorian Gray von Oscar Wilde ist ein Klassiker der einfach Spass macht。 Die Geschichte ist spannend， toll geschrieben， besonders die Dialoge sind super。 Teilweise ist die Geschichte richtig humorvoll und teilweise unglaublich tragisch。 In der Mitte gibt es ein paar Längen und es gab ein paar Seiten die ich überflogen habe， doch besonders gegen Ende konnte ich das Buch kaum mehr aus der Hand legen。 Ich kann das Buch echt nur weiterempfehlen， auch an alle die denken sie mögen ke 4。5* The Picture of Dorian Gray von Oscar Wilde ist ein Klassiker der einfach Spass macht。 Die Geschichte ist spannend， toll geschrieben， besonders die Dialoge sind super。 Teilweise ist die Geschichte richtig humorvoll und teilweise unglaublich tragisch。 In der Mitte gibt es ein paar Längen und es gab ein paar Seiten die ich überflogen habe， doch besonders gegen Ende konnte ich das Buch kaum mehr aus der Hand legen。 Ich kann das Buch echt nur weiterempfehlen， auch an alle die denken sie mögen keine Klassiker。 Lasst euch von Dorian Gray das Gegenteil beweisen。 。。。more

Munise ，

2。5 stars。 I’m so happy that i finally finished this book。 I don’t get why people love it so much。 All the misogynistic comments pissed me off。 Honestly I skimmed through a lot of pages， because some things were just way too detailed。 I mean a whole chapter about your hobbies？ Just say you like jewels and be done with it please。

steve ，

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read your book。 That’s the great thing about an amazing novel， you can read it over and over and get something new out of it。 。。。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top

Kristen Mackenzie ，

I must say that when I first read this back in high school I was not very found of the text。 However， once I read it again as an adult （not many years after I graduated to be honest） I ended up adoring this text！ It is basically become a comfort read due to the loveliness of Oscar Wilde’s writing。 And his characters are very interesting。Highly recommend！！

Trigger Warning Database ，

Trigger & Content Warnings:AbleismMisogynySuicideMurder

dipshi ，

🤯

Kristina Bosjanoks ，

Aaaaaa

Reila BL ，

Definitivamente， mi libro favorito en esta vida。

Asiye Karayel ，

Hayatımda okuduğum beni en etkileyen kitap olabilir。 Güzellik üzerine çok fazla düşündürmüştü beni çok seviyorum， tekrar okumak istiyorum

Anuj Mishra ，

Best 💞💞

Blainereads ，

*Flings myself on a divan* This book is beautiful， poetic， dark， and screams gay in metaphors！

Marianna ，

3。25 Klasyk który każdy powinien znać。 Przekazuje wartości które nie są popularnym motywem książkowym！ Zbyt wiele opisów zbędnych rzeczy！ Krótka i na raz

Lynette ，

Found a wonderful list of books that you should read in your lifetime， which lead me to Dorian Gay。 I can't get enough。 Next， I plan on checking out streaming movies。 Who is bringing the popcorn？ Found a wonderful list of books that you should read in your lifetime， which lead me to Dorian Gay。 I can't get enough。 Next， I plan on checking out streaming movies。 Who is bringing the popcorn？ 。。。more

Mandula Valachi ，

2，5 🌟

Hoby Chris ，

THE ENDING GEEEEZ

Emily ，

"What the worm was to the corpse， his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas。 They would mar its beauty， and eat away its grace。 They would defile it， and make it shameful。 And yet the thing would still live on。 It would be always alive。" -- Wilde， The Picture of Dorian Gray， p。 122。 All must gaze， and all must look upon the portrait， the blasphemy， of Dorian Gray。 I believe it is held as a general concensus among all true readers that， to put in a modern sense， how does one say… The Po "What the worm was to the corpse， his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas。 They would mar its beauty， and eat away its grace。 They would defile it， and make it shameful。 And yet the thing would still live on。 It would be always alive。" -- Wilde， The Picture of Dorian Gray， p。 122。 All must gaze， and all must look upon the portrait， the blasphemy， of Dorian Gray。 I believe it is held as a general concensus among all true readers that， to put in a modern sense， how does one say… The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde slaps。 For those unfamiliar with today’s slang among gen z， here’s a keynote – slaps， like the term fire， can be used to describe what us “kids” these days find to be high-value content。 Translation as Mercutio has said in Romeo and Juliet = “Thou hast most kindly hit it。”In all seriousness， The Picture of Dorian Gray lives on， not just in the quotes we see all over Pinterest， but as well as in the everyday ways we see the picture play out; in the influencer posts we scroll past on our social media， to the harsh slurs and words we hear on the streets in the midst of struggling ideas。 Oscar Wilde， as well as his honest wit， could not have been more suited for this postmodern era and all her culture's faults。 What is that phrase？ Art imitates life？When it comes to The Picture of Dorian Gray， I'd always known a part of me had wanted to read it simply because I was somewhat familiar with Oscar Wilde。 When I was a Senior in High School， I took an Advanced Theater class where I was required to read chapters from a textbook about Theater and it's history。 Anyone familiar with Oscar Wilde will also be familiar with the fact that he was a famous and talented playwright before he became an internationally acclaimed author。 I knew his quotes which I had read intrigued me， and I was even more intrigued by the premise of the Picture of Dorian Gray， expecting to be relieved from a difficult read。 I figured the premise tied neatly into this image-saturated world we live in but what I wasn't expecting was to love this story so immensely。 This book was a breeze for me to read （not to mention it's only a little over 200 pages long）， I would have finished it sooner if it weren't for the fact that these past few weeks have been rough with school and finals preparation。 But if I had my way， I would have eaten this book faster than a cupcake。"He used to wonder at the shallow psychology of those who conceive the Ego in man as a thing simple， permanent， reliable， and of one essence。 To him， man was a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations， a complex multiform creature that bore within itself strange legacies of thought and passion， and whose very flesh was tainted with the monstrous maladies of the dead。" -- Wilde p 146。As a human species， there is an intrinsic desire within us to be perfect。 To be the best that we can be。 To be the neighbor that is talked about on the block， to be the one with perfect shining hair， to hold the power over another within our step and gait。 But that is all worth nothing in comparison to what it costs。Oscar Wilde expertly weaves this false fairy tale in order to express this truth so often revisited time and time again by those who win true wisdom。 He not only explores this， the finite nature of Youth， but he achieves in storytelling what I concur every great story requires; a layered nuanced text with a thousand different meanings to hold。 There's so much to explore in The Picture Of Dorian Gray， and so many phrases to remember or weigh in the mind。 One thing I love about Oscar Wilde is the way he presents his story such as his prose， but also through the way in which he uses the character Lord Harry。 Lord Henry Wotton， while I believe is certainly a full well-rounded character all on his own， is quite clearly a walking talking author surrogate。 While at certain moments I would say he and Wilde may differ， Wilde smartly is able to add his own thoughts and positions on the world in which the characters work by using Lord Henry to speak his thoughts。 This isn't something to shy away from， in fact great authors do this all the time。 Part of the practice of criticism and studying texts people find fascinating or timeless is the practice of searching what either the author meant to be learned from the text or perhaps what can learned on its own from the artistic material in question。 As I stated previously， the way the prose is written is also perfect for the story being told。 Oscar Wilde is nothing short of a great timeless author， and if his mind doesn't show that then his prose will。 In this story about beauty and the way in which we humans interact with it， desire it， follow it， I couldn't help but notice how Wilde uses the most beautiful of prose in order to tell his story。 Which is， quite simply ironic and genius。 Often times Lord Henry is called a cynic in the frame of the story， and if anyone knows anything more about Oscar Wilde they know he was a famous cynic for his time and well，。。。 for his career。 That was his thing， his 'shtick' you might say。 But in the frame of this story his cynical wisdom in his prose just works so well。 Like in the movie Ratatouille， the phrase says 'anyone can cook' well I say， any man can come up with a creative idea。 It takes a strong disciplined writer， and a fantastic artist to execute the idea。 We see this， as well as the way Wilde uses Lord Henry as his mouthpiece （I'm sorry， not meaning to sound insulting but it was the best word I could think of to describe an author surrogate）， in the opening scene with Basil and Lord Henry walking through a garden。 After a fascinatingly， layered， and philosophical preface， we are introduced to the main character through a discussion by the artist Basil and also introduced to the wit of Oscar Wilde through Lord Henry。 Simultaneously， we get a glimpse into the way in which Wilde probably feels about art in its truest sense if the preface didn't get enough clues。 Through the portrayal of Basil to the sharp wit of Henry， I get the sense that Wilde would most likely get along quite well with those of gen z。 I can really see how and where he succeeded as a playwright -- in the story there are a few pages I couldn't help but see where his mind was at and why he positioned certain characters in harsher light than others。 This stands out in the character of Basil in the beginning， as they discuss the title character; "Henry，" said Basil Hallward， looking him straight in the face， "every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist， not of the sitter。 The sitter is merely the accident， the occasion。 It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who， on the colored canvas， reveals himself。" -- Wilde， p 7。 While I feel as if there is truth to that and perhaps something to be said about that and Wilde himself as a writer， I also see Wilde as trying to over exaggerate Basil as an artist stereotype in true playwright fashion。 By that I mean， in this I almost wonder if Wilde is trying to portray Basil as the whole "I'm an artist and you don't understand" trope among artists。 The moody boy， if you will。 I can kind of see Wilde as casting his share of thoughts through the exaggeration of Basil in that sense perhaps。 Truly I say， Wilde as a cynic might have appreciated the statement 'art is nothing and nothing is art'。 Maybe he and a Jackson Pollock painting would have gotten along （I'm joking here for those of you who can't tell）。 However， while I say that there is so much in this work that leads me to believe Wilde might have said something like that， or implied that， or heard that。 But I'm not quite so convinced Wilde believed that。 The Picture of Dorian Gray strikes me as being the work of a man who admired true art， and wanted to explore the true nature of the human condition。 As I stated， I couldn't help but the notice the way in which the prose reflects some of the finest I've ever read in my life; "The wind shook some blossoms from the trees， and the heavy lilac-blooms， with their clustering stars， moved to and fro in the languid air。 A grasshopper began to chirrup by the wall， and like a blue thread a long thing dragon-fly floated past on its brown gauze wings。" - Wilde， p 8。 "As the dawn was just breaking he found himself close to Convent Garden。 The darkness lifted and flushed with faint fires， the sky hollowed into a perfect pearl。 Huge carts filled with nodding lilies rumbled slowly down the polished empty street。" - Wilde， p。 93。 On the subject of the preface， I once again give compliments to the fantastic work of Wilde as in the world of fiction writing， I believe prefaces are often a taboo unless absolutely necessary for the context of the story。 While the preface isn't necessary or genuinely needed some might say， the quotes the author gives prepares the reader's mind for story。 Adding so much more to the context to the man himself， Oscar Wilde。In review， The Picture of Dorian Gray is a must-read once in your life classic that continues to stay in the mind long after the pages are closed。Which is why my respect for Oscar Wilde has quadrupled since the start of this book。 I knew he had to be great for a reason but after having read his work there's something that just works so well， I ended up loving the story and learning so much from it by the end。 I was sad to find out this was his only piece of written fiction （only published completed novel）。 All that glitters is not gold， and the stained conscience of man cannot be covered by the majesty of youth。 The Picture of Dorian Gray knows this and follows the findings of a man， a true artist， the greatest writer of his time， by sharing with us how we can run to the farthest reaches of our earth。 We can slather ourselves in honey and beauty， and use all the wonder that the stars and terra may hold， but the weight of our conscience lives on forever。 The truth， of our wrongdoings as humans， will always come out no matter what we cover up our world in。 The Picture of Dorian Gray is timeless， and I cannot recommend this classic enough。 Now， I wonder what to do with all of these page markers！Thanks for reading！ "Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face。 It cannot be concealed。 People talk sometimes of secret vices。 There are no such things。 If a wretched man has a vice， it shows in the lines of his mouth， the droop of his eyelids， the molding of his hands。。。" -- Wilde， p。 153，154。 "Don't， Henry。 The soul is a terrible reality。 It can be bought， and sold， and bartered away。 It can be poisoned， or made perfect。 There is a soul in each one of us。 I know it。" -- Wilde， The Picture of Dorian Gray， p。 221。 。。。more

Olanma Kalu ，

this book is beautiful from start to finish。 the price to pay for thrill seeking behavior is a huge one but this book almost makes it feel worth it

Andrew Hankin ，

The highlight to this classic is definitely the dialog。 It's witty， humorous， and cringy all at the same time。 In the beginning of the book - the dialog pulled me in and piqued my interest。 If it had not been for chapter 11 （the chapter in which is 20 year of Dorian's life goes and is conveyed via lists of artistic items）， this book would have been a 4/5。 This was the worst chapter I have ever read in any book。 It was painful。 If you read this book， for the love of god， skip this chapter。However The highlight to this classic is definitely the dialog。 It's witty， humorous， and cringy all at the same time。 In the beginning of the book - the dialog pulled me in and piqued my interest。 If it had not been for chapter 11 （the chapter in which is 20 year of Dorian's life goes and is conveyed via lists of artistic items）， this book would have been a 4/5。 This was the worst chapter I have ever read in any book。 It was painful。 If you read this book， for the love of god， skip this chapter。However， the main problem with this book is not one bad chapter。 Throughout the second half of the novel， we are constantly reminded that Dorian is a wicked evildoer。 However， Oscar Wilde just glosses over everything bad that he's done （with exception of a few big things）。 This book should have been 200 more pages that were actually filled with his development and crimes that made him this wicked person that he is being alluded to be。 。。。more

elise trahan carl ，

one of the greatest books ever written

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