The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)

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  • Author:Oscar Wilde
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«Ci ho messo molto di me。 Basil Hallward è come ritengo di essere; Lord Henry è come il mondo ritiene che io sia; Dorian è come vorrei essere – in altri tempi, forse»。 "Il ritratto di Dorian Gray" è forse l'opera in cui Oscar Wilde si è maggiormente riconosciuto。 La storia è quella di un bellissimo giovane, Dorian Gray, che riesce a conservare intatte gioventù e avvenenza, nonostante le dissolutezze cui si abbandona: è infatti un suo ritratto, tenuto nascosto, a invecchiare al suo posto。 Accolto dalla critica vittoriana con scandalo e furiose polemiche, il romanzo costituisce una sorta di manifesto del decadentismo europeo, e ancora di più una summa della "filosofia" wildiana。 Non c'è solo la ricerca della sensazione intensa e rara, la fede nel piacere come unica guida e nella supremazia dell'artista su ogni convenzione。 L'esule irlandese Wilde – «figlio di una patriota, dileggiato dalla grettezza di un popolo che mai lo adottò, e anzi, lo mise alla berlina, lo condannò ai lavori forzati, lo bandì», come scrive Enrico Terrinoni nell'introduzione – critica la società, quella britannica in particolare, dal punto di vista estetico, morale e sociale, e la pone come esempio non da imitare ma da rifuggire。 La sua è prima di tutto la battaglia dello spirito e dell'immaginazione contro l'etica utilitaristica。 L'estetismo esasperato del "Ritratto di Dorian Gray", con la sua lingua raffinata – e affilata – ai limiti dell'artificio, è solo una superficie: quando parla di arte, di musica, di letteratura, infatti, Oscar Wilde sta parlando di politica, sta parlando di come cambiare il mondo。 In nome di quei valori di bellezza, cultura, umanità, che ha incarnato e difeso con la propria esistenza "vissuta come un'opera d'arte"。

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Ianna-Marie

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 The first half was extraordinarily boring。 To be fair this is my first classic in a while。 The ending was satisfying。 The book was filled with philosophical quotes that dives deep into mortality and beauty, however, I did not understand any of them。 I could not get past the first few pages and it took me months to finish。 Dorian's annoying。 The first half was extraordinarily boring。 To be fair this is my first classic in a while。 The ending was satisfying。 The book was filled with philosophical quotes that dives deep into mortality and beauty, however, I did not understand any of them。 I could not get past the first few pages and it took me months to finish。 Dorian's annoying。 。。。more

Sophie

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Jason Furman

I am a big Oscar Wilde fan and have read all of his stories and fairy tales and plays multiple times。 But I’ve only read The Picture of Dorian Gray once before and that was thirty years ago。 Re-reading it was spectacular。 I started out listening on Audible (excellent narration by Russell Tovey) but then end up reading most of the book and also listening to about half of it。It is so witty, the story is a really well constructed dark fairy tale / tragedy, the major characters are fascinating, and I am a big Oscar Wilde fan and have read all of his stories and fairy tales and plays multiple times。 But I’ve only read The Picture of Dorian Gray once before and that was thirty years ago。 Re-reading it was spectacular。 I started out listening on Audible (excellent narration by Russell Tovey) but then end up reading most of the book and also listening to about half of it。It is so witty, the story is a really well constructed dark fairy tale / tragedy, the major characters are fascinating, and Wilde has an almost cinematic gift for a montage like presentation of Dorian Gray’s descent into pleasure and darkness, showing relatively little of it specifically but immersing us in an almost opium-fueled dream version of it。One question is whether Dorian Gray has a moral。 In a way it does—the sinner is punished。 But in a way it doesn’t—the person (Lord Henry Wotton) who drew Dorian Gray into sin does not seem to be punished。 Moreover the book itself is a celebration of art for art’s sake, beauty and asceticism—which is in tension with its dire warning about the inevitable(?) consequences of this pursuit if unrestrained by any other consideration。 。。。more

⭐ Elene Figuer ⭐

No sabía del "El retrato de Dorian Gray" más de lo que se suele saber, que habla del cuadro de un tipo muy guapo que se va transfigurando (el cuadro, no el tipo) y de la belleza。 Pero cuando he investigado un poco sobre la vida de Oscar Wilde me he encontrado que el señor incluso estuvo en la cárcel por su orientación sexual (delito muy grave en su época y sociedad); me he encontrado con un escritor de profusa filosofía, que deja impregnada en su obra, y del que se pueden encontrar citas de cosi No sabía del "El retrato de Dorian Gray" más de lo que se suele saber, que habla del cuadro de un tipo muy guapo que se va transfigurando (el cuadro, no el tipo) y de la belleza。 Pero cuando he investigado un poco sobre la vida de Oscar Wilde me he encontrado que el señor incluso estuvo en la cárcel por su orientación sexual (delito muy grave en su época y sociedad); me he encontrado con un escritor de profusa filosofía, que deja impregnada en su obra, y del que se pueden encontrar citas de cosillas muy interesantes que dijo a mansalva。 La lectura del libro es bastante ligera, si uno no entra a reflexionar sobre la treintena de temas que van apareciendo: política, religión, sociedad, filosofía, mucho arte y el concepto de la belleza。Me costó un poco superar la forma tan "engalanada" de hablar。 Me cuesta creer que la gente se hablara así。 No me imagino como reales esas conversaciones con tanto piropo entre los hombres, ni con LGTQ de por medio ni sin él。Sobre el cariz homosexual de la novela, ahora que la leí al completo, veo que no es en ningún caso el tema principal de la trama。 Percibo más bien que Wilde incluye este ambiente con toda naturalidad en la trama, no se trata de ninguna crítica ni denuncia ni nada similar; sencillamente forma parte de la trama y de la ambientación con el mismo peso que todo lo demás。 "El retrato de Dorian Gray" es una novela con historia propia。 La primera edición que se publicó difiere bastante del manuscrito de Wilde debido precisamente a los prejuicios de la época hacia la homosexualidad。 Constaba de 13 capítulos y tanto Wilde como el propio editor censuraron partes, sustituyeron palabras。。。 en resumen "autocensuraron" el original antes de publicarlo。Aún así, la novela no se salvó de las críticas。 Wilde volvió a revisarla y la amplió añadiendo capítulos nuevos con nuevos personajes y añadiendo escenas a las ya existentes, parece ser que con la intención de suavizar el contenido homosexual aún más。 Resumiendo os diré que el resultado es una novela donde la "degeneración" de Dorian es más paultina y consecuente y los personajes ganan tridimensionlidad dejando se ser meros elementos del decorado。 Wilde añade además un prólogo como réplica a las críticas donde viene a decir que el arte no debe medirse por las leyes morales de la época sino que debe tratarse como un elemento que busca la belleza, amoral。 No es hasta 2011 que se publica la primera edición "sin censura" de la novela (la primera edición de 13 capítulos con censura es de 1890 y la de 20 capítulos de 1891, estamos hablando de unos 120 años después)。 Entre la edición de 20 capítulos y la de 13 "sin censura" he percibido algunas diferencias, que en este caso pueden atribuirse a los "retoques" que le dio Wilde。 Pero la trama en sí es absolutamente fiel en todas ellas。En cuanto al tema de la censura, a parte de ligeras variaciones al llamar a tal o cual cosa con tal o cual palabra, la diferencia principal está en la "confesión" de Basil a Dorian。 En la versión original, la confesión es una declaración explícita de amor mientras que en la versión revisada Wilde lo disfraza de "inspiración artística", pero vamos, que por mucho maquillaje que le haya ido poniendo cada vez que se menciona el tema en la novela, se sobreentiende。Sobre el trio de protagonistas, Basil y Harry se me han asimilado durante todo el libro a esas vocecillas acomodadas cada una en un hombro, el angelito y el diablillo, que nos hablan al oído; Basil llevando las de perder, flojo y falto de argumentos, hasta desaprecer de escena; Harry consolidando su plan desde el primer capítulo, un pasito cada vez, hasta esa última conversación con Dorian, en la que me lo imagino apoltronado en un diván, fumando un cigarrillo mezclado con opio, mientras se recrea en su triunfo。En fin, hay mucho que comentar en este libro así que os dejo el enlace al hilo de discusión:https://www。goodreads。com/topic/show/。。。 。。。more

Ana Martin

Me esperaba una trama más entretenida, pero tiene frases muy buenas que me han hecho reflexionar。 Creo que no lo recomendaría, pero no es un mal libro。 Además, me ha gustado mucho el final。

Pola

4。5

m

Excellent character development, and very rational too。 I love how Oscar never fails to give depth to his characters

phoebe

Late review because I forgot to write a review for this, so not very fresh in my mind。I really enjoyed this book and, of course, Oscar Wilde's writing。 If I'm totally honest I came into this book with very high expectations, based of me liking Wilde's writing style and me feeling like this book is very much something I would love, so I was a little disappointed just in the fact that I wish we saw more of Doran's 'bad deeds' as I felt (aside from the murder), it just said he was 'bad' without ful Late review because I forgot to write a review for this, so not very fresh in my mind。I really enjoyed this book and, of course, Oscar Wilde's writing。 If I'm totally honest I came into this book with very high expectations, based of me liking Wilde's writing style and me feeling like this book is very much something I would love, so I was a little disappointed just in the fact that I wish we saw more of Doran's 'bad deeds' as I felt (aside from the murder), it just said he was 'bad' without fully exploring what he was doing to make his painting distort in such a way。 Also Lord Henry is such a character lmao, speaks in the most dumb broad statements。 He's funny to read though。 I also think this book was very queer-coded, I think we'd all agree。 Aside from that, it was very good。 。。。more

Tina Jaakobs

3。5

Tigo

I hate rating things, especially art。 Not to be that pretentious dude (as I proceed to be that dude), but I think that it’s impossible to quantify the experiences of, say, reading a book and streamlining the lessons gleaned, revelations unearthed, and emotions cultivated through the rhythms of the prose into one number。 I use letterboxd (follow me @tigomiamigo hehe), which is basically goodreads but for movies, and it allows you to just like a movie without putting a number on it。 Right now, I w I hate rating things, especially art。 Not to be that pretentious dude (as I proceed to be that dude), but I think that it’s impossible to quantify the experiences of, say, reading a book and streamlining the lessons gleaned, revelations unearthed, and emotions cultivated through the rhythms of the prose into one number。 I use letterboxd (follow me @tigomiamigo hehe), which is basically goodreads but for movies, and it allows you to just like a movie without putting a number on it。 Right now, I wish I could do that because I’m not sure how I feel tbh。The moral of this story seems relatively obvious: lead an unselfish and pure life so as to avoid the guilt of a tarnished conscience。 Yet, I already know I’m still gonna be vain and self-obsessed after reading this。 I’ll still be hyper aware of my own superficial appearance and look at myself in the mirror when I enter any bathroom and purposefully curate my instagram to project my ideal (and largely fake) personality and want people to like me and like people that look nice and exercise to achieve a specific aesthetic and enjoy impermanent beauty and etc, etc。For this reason, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this book。 On the one hand, it is clear that Oscar Wilde is a masterful writer that can conjure up vivid images and create authentic characters, yet I’m still the same person after reading。 I’m still vain, proving that his allegorical story wasn’t persuasive enough to actually change my actions or attitude towards life。 To sum it up, this was an entertaining read, not a life-changing one。 。。。more

raven🧜🏼‍♀️

This is sincerely one of the greatest books i’ve ever read

Medea

Could have been interesting, but the author just rambles and rambles。 Super slow and boring。 Also the characters are veeeeery unlikeable。

Emulkaa

Absolutely loved it from start till the end

Hassan Khalid

OSCAR WILDE DID WHAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE!Wonderful imagery! Beautifully crafted and expertly incorporated into the plot itself, the message is delightful。 This is truly the best piece of fiction ever written for a variety of reasons。 One can examine oneself more deeply and come up with fresh approaches to social interaction by studying Dorian's emotional gestures, Lord Henry's counsel, or Basil Hallward's soulfulness。 Numerous positive inferences can be made。 The work is unique, and within thi OSCAR WILDE DID WHAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE!Wonderful imagery! Beautifully crafted and expertly incorporated into the plot itself, the message is delightful。 This is truly the best piece of fiction ever written for a variety of reasons。 One can examine oneself more deeply and come up with fresh approaches to social interaction by studying Dorian's emotional gestures, Lord Henry's counsel, or Basil Hallward's soulfulness。 Numerous positive inferences can be made。 The work is unique, and within this originality, it shines in anarchist accents。After finishing The Picture of Dorian Gray, I couldn't stop thinking about it。 I nearly felt gloomy after that。 I believe that in today's world, a lot of stress is placed on appearance, at the expense of our souls gradually eroding into a manufactured abyss。 Nevertheless, we manage to ignore this illness and maintain our looks as stated by Wilde in the following words:“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing。”The Picture of Dorian Gray has beautiful vivid imagery。 The narrative does depict the worst aspects of human nature, such as narcissism, depravity, and greed, which act without regard for the well-being of others in the pursuit of pleasure and wealth。 However, the narrative also contains a great deal of humour and love, which builds to a rousing conclusion。 I am in short of words to describe the excellence of this book。 I would wholeheartedly recommend going for this masterpiece! 。。。more

Petunia Mabaho

this book。 this fucking book。 it has me on a chokehold。 the writing of every single line brought tears to my eyes。 my chest felt heavy reading it。 this book istg。

Joel Landgren

Intressant historia, men inte superfan av berättarstilen。 Kapitel 11 var bara blä。

James

It was enjoyable to come back to this book after reading it in 10th grade or so。 Wilde’s ornate writing is undoubtedly fun, but at times, inhibited the flow of the story。 Some of Dorian’s fascination with wealth and beauty across history was outright painful to slog through。 I don’t think I realized how overtly homoerotic this was as a younger reader, or how shamelessly misogynistic and antisemitic Wilde could be - or at least his portrayal of late 19th century London was。

Martesbooks:)

I’m speechless, review coming soon。

Warren Reid

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 timeless

Christopher Berrios

dorian would be an azelia bank's stan dorian would be an azelia bank's stan 。。。more

knizni_inspirace

4。5

Leah

This book was beautifully written。 The descriptive passages were so eloquent and so well articulated that the flow of the novella was extraordinary。 I enjoyed the language and the plot thoroughly。 However, despite being a short novel, I struggled to finish it… possibly because I am only able to read things in chunks due to time constraints at the minute。 I feel it is one of those books where ideally you would want to read it in one sitting。 It is probably one of my favourite classics, so I would This book was beautifully written。 The descriptive passages were so eloquent and so well articulated that the flow of the novella was extraordinary。 I enjoyed the language and the plot thoroughly。 However, despite being a short novel, I struggled to finish it… possibly because I am only able to read things in chunks due to time constraints at the minute。 I feel it is one of those books where ideally you would want to read it in one sitting。 It is probably one of my favourite classics, so I would definitely recommend overall! I also very much enjoyed characterisation - having a morally grey protagonist was very welcome! 。。。more

val

i am so blown away by everything in this book。

alicia gan

wow so many thoughts on this book but i'll try to keep it short:- the prose itself is so rich。 case in point: "the darkness lifted, and flushed with faint fires, the sky hollowed itself into a perfect pearl。" like COME ON what a way to describe a sunrise- for once, provided a refreshing counterpoint to the jaded/cynical/cool character i've seen more and more of in media。 it showed the damage of that way of living, suggesting that the plain innocence of youth, the "lack of invention" in being sim wow so many thoughts on this book but i'll try to keep it short:- the prose itself is so rich。 case in point: "the darkness lifted, and flushed with faint fires, the sky hollowed itself into a perfect pearl。" like COME ON what a way to describe a sunrise- for once, provided a refreshing counterpoint to the jaded/cynical/cool character i've seen more and more of in media。 it showed the damage of that way of living, suggesting that the plain innocence of youth, the "lack of invention" in being simply good, is not so terrible。 it's uncorrupted and maybe that is enough- henry has so many interesting and polarizing ideas。 a few i agree so strongly with, and many i loathe (he is very misogynistic) but his minddd i feel like i could feel his magnetism through the page just as dorian did within the story- lots of symbolism and thematic things i would talk about if i was still in ap lit but thankfully i am retired from that so i will just appreciate the literary effect of it without picking it apart for once- THIS QUOTE: “life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams。 you may fancy yourself safe and think yourself strong。 but a chance tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you had ceased to play。。。 i tell you, that it is on things like these that our lives depend。 ” violently sobbing and ripping my hair out at thisOK STOPPING THERE but for a classic it was still vivid, entertaining, and though-provoking (though some of the ideas and behaviors of ppl in the book made me feel ill, but maybe a testament to wilde's great writing)。 it was good! yay! bye bye 。。。more

Ana Laura Puentes Ferrín

Cuando lo leí quizás era demasiado joven y eso lo combirtio en un libro perfecto。 Una obra cumbre de la literatura irlandesa y mundial que toda amante de la literatura debe leer en algún momento。

Laura | CdH1878

3。5🌙

Kiana

A timeless masterpiece。 Todos los temas que se exploran en este libro serán relevantes por todos los tiempos。 Muy, muy, muy bueno。 Gracias Isabel。

José De

O livro é interessante。 Eu pessoalmente não gostei muito; achei meio enrolado etc。 mas esse é exatamente um dos objetivos do livro (de certa forma), então eu acho que faltou um pouco de contexto antes de eu mergulhar de cabeça nele。 Talvez se eu reler no futuro, minha visão seja outra, com certeza。 Vendo agora análises, entendo o ponto do livro, que antes não havia entendido; e é realmente interessante。 Mesmo não sendo do meu gosto, é interessante。Pretendo reler, dessa vez com uma cabeça diferen O livro é interessante。 Eu pessoalmente não gostei muito; achei meio enrolado etc。 mas esse é exatamente um dos objetivos do livro (de certa forma), então eu acho que faltou um pouco de contexto antes de eu mergulhar de cabeça nele。 Talvez se eu reler no futuro, minha visão seja outra, com certeza。 Vendo agora análises, entendo o ponto do livro, que antes não havia entendido; e é realmente interessante。 Mesmo não sendo do meu gosto, é interessante。Pretendo reler, dessa vez com uma cabeça diferente e em um tempo diferente。 。。。more

Jayne E。

Beautiful in it's writings and it's ideas。 An analysis and perfect depiction of what cynicism and hedonism bring about。 I fear that some of this novel in it's abundant use of French and references to plays is missed on me but I don't doubt that for a second no one in this novel is the good guy。 Some are certainly worse than others though。 The people's failure is in equating beauty itself with Dorian。 They look past the person and only see their own positive feelings reflected back upon them when Beautiful in it's writings and it's ideas。 An analysis and perfect depiction of what cynicism and hedonism bring about。 I fear that some of this novel in it's abundant use of French and references to plays is missed on me but I don't doubt that for a second no one in this novel is the good guy。 Some are certainly worse than others though。 The people's failure is in equating beauty itself with Dorian。 They look past the person and only see their own positive feelings reflected back upon them when they sees Dorian's pretty face。 No one exists as actual people to others in this book, it's all about what they can do for you and how they might impact your own self。 I was honestly hoping Dorian was going to kill Lord Henry in the end。 Lord Henry sure knows how to talk for hours without ever saying anything at all。 To everyone who is posting his epigrams and attributing them to wilde。 I would argue all of the points made in this book by him are actually exactly the opposite of what Wilde is wanting to portray with the vile character。 He is not a voice of reason but rather a person obsessed with his own ability to create sentences。 My only criticism for this book is that occasionally it can get dry。 For example the conversations between Lord Henry and Lady noirborough are awful and hard to follow。 Chapter 11 in this entirety is actually just bad literature and should have been taken out in post。 It's just ramblings and a shopping list of everything that exists within like 6, different fields of study。 。。。more

Lea

Such an interesting read。 I cannot say if I find Lord Henry horrible or fascinating and I think he would enjoy my indecisiveness very much。I was also surprised to discover how much the movie differs from the book。 There is something to both versions, but the book one is just perfect for Dorian。