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the thing about any classic is that i’ll only read it voluntarily if it has strong homoerotic undertones
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"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic."
Under the influence of a captivating aristocrat, Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for prolonged youth and vitality. Part of the deal is that a full-length portrait of Dorian will age and record his sins, whereas he remains unblemished.
Picking one quote from this book was like being asked to read just one book for the rest of your life - nigh-on impossible. I hadn't even thought about how difficult it would be until Tes (instagram @paperbackbones) pointed this out and then I got sucked into a vortex of reading different Wilde quotes online... that man was a goddamn genius.
This book has achieved a significant title in my reading life; the title of "Favourite Classic". It totally blew me away. To be honest, I only vaguely knew the storyline before picking this one up having encountered Dorian Gray in the TV show Penny Dreadful, but not the specific story that Wilde had created. I didn't think it would be so dark, so I was pleasantly surprised. The writing itself was just another level, quite possibly the most beautiful writing that I've had the pleasure of reading. As my buddy reader Abbie (instagram @ab_reads) and I discussed with each other, we quickly recognised so many quotes that are widely known and can easily be found on places like Pinterest.
The three main characters are really interesting, it seems to be that Dorian Gray represents a "normal person," Lord Henry is the bad influence, and Basil is the voice of reason. Dorian Gray himself is incredibly intriguing, at the beginning he is presented as the perfect specimen, and he is vain, but this vanity is only worsened following conversations with Lord Henry wherein he reminds Dorian that his favourable characteristics won't last forever. He wishes that he could forever resemble the picture of youth that Basil has captured in his painting, which is where things begin to go downhill...
Although Dorian is indeed captivating, I felt like a lot of my attention was actually placed on Lord Henry. He is the standout character from this story for me. His sass, his insights, his wit, his intelligence, it felt like Lord Henry was a representation of Oscar Wilde himself. And Dorian quickly falls under his spell. It's also interesting that although Lord Henry speaks of pursuing immoral behaviour, he himself never partakes in any. Perhaps towards the end of the book, he may lose some of his likability for other readers, but I still was a fan (I can't help but smile at his insights).
I honestly could talk about this book forever and the different themes that are found within, but this is not school and I'm not trying to achieve extra credit, so I'll keep those thoughts to myself! Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this classic and I'm particularly thankful that my boyfriend bought this book for me, as otherwise I'm not sure I ever would have picked it up. And now he'll be smug *rolls eyes* But this gets all the stars!! I loved it!
Under the influence of a captivating aristocrat, Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for prolonged youth and vitality. Part of the deal is that a full-length portrait of Dorian will age and record his sins, whereas he remains unblemished.
Picking one quote from this book was like being asked to read just one book for the rest of your life - nigh-on impossible. I hadn't even thought about how difficult it would be until Tes (instagram @paperbackbones) pointed this out and then I got sucked into a vortex of reading different Wilde quotes online... that man was a goddamn genius.
This book has achieved a significant title in my reading life; the title of "Favourite Classic". It totally blew me away. To be honest, I only vaguely knew the storyline before picking this one up having encountered Dorian Gray in the TV show Penny Dreadful, but not the specific story that Wilde had created. I didn't think it would be so dark, so I was pleasantly surprised. The writing itself was just another level, quite possibly the most beautiful writing that I've had the pleasure of reading. As my buddy reader Abbie (instagram @ab_reads) and I discussed with each other, we quickly recognised so many quotes that are widely known and can easily be found on places like Pinterest.
The three main characters are really interesting, it seems to be that Dorian Gray represents a "normal person," Lord Henry is the bad influence, and Basil is the voice of reason. Dorian Gray himself is incredibly intriguing, at the beginning he is presented as the perfect specimen, and he is vain, but this vanity is only worsened following conversations with Lord Henry wherein he reminds Dorian that his favourable characteristics won't last forever. He wishes that he could forever resemble the picture of youth that Basil has captured in his painting, which is where things begin to go downhill...
Although Dorian is indeed captivating, I felt like a lot of my attention was actually placed on Lord Henry. He is the standout character from this story for me. His sass, his insights, his wit, his intelligence, it felt like Lord Henry was a representation of Oscar Wilde himself. And Dorian quickly falls under his spell. It's also interesting that although Lord Henry speaks of pursuing immoral behaviour, he himself never partakes in any. Perhaps towards the end of the book, he may lose some of his likability for other readers, but I still was a fan (I can't help but smile at his insights).
I honestly could talk about this book forever and the different themes that are found within, but this is not school and I'm not trying to achieve extra credit, so I'll keep those thoughts to myself! Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this classic and I'm particularly thankful that my boyfriend bought this book for me, as otherwise I'm not sure I ever would have picked it up. And now he'll be smug *rolls eyes* But this gets all the stars!! I loved it!
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Rating: 4.0/5.0
Genre: Classic
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
Synopsis:
A beautiful young man named Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by a painter (Basil). What happens next is crazy. It is actually a wish that Dorian has thought in his mind. What happens if he remains young forever and the portrait ages instead? Well, this is what is going to happen. Many years later Gray will have the good and bad forces fighting inside him. Each trying to drag him to the other side.
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
Book Structure:
This beautiful Penguin English Library edition has 241 pages. The story is told from a third-person narration. There are twenty chapters in total.
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
My Thoughts:
It is a wicked story! As it says on the cover, this is a story of evil, debauchery, and scandal! The characters had depth to them even though it is not a long book. The dialogue between them was witty without going too overboard.
This is the only full novel for Oscar Wilde and they say that some of the characters in the book were actually inspired by real persons. The painter Mr. Basil Hallward might be a painter called Frank Miles that Wilde met at Oxford and became a friend with. And through Miles, he met Lord Ronald Gower who possibly is Lord Henry in the story!
“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
Reading this book sometimes you feel there is a discussion going on between the different characters that can be philosophical a bit. Those possibly could reflect Wilde's own view on subjects like marriage, love, and beauty. Through the middle of the story sometimes I felt that some of that dialogue was dragging the suspense of the story but still all that remained an interesting experience to read.
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
This is a beautifully written classic that should not be missed. It has the fight between the good and the bad, which is something we do fight every day within ourselves. I am giving The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.0 shinning stars out of 5.0
Genre: Classic
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
Synopsis:
A beautiful young man named Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by a painter (Basil). What happens next is crazy. It is actually a wish that Dorian has thought in his mind. What happens if he remains young forever and the portrait ages instead? Well, this is what is going to happen. Many years later Gray will have the good and bad forces fighting inside him. Each trying to drag him to the other side.
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
Book Structure:
This beautiful Penguin English Library edition has 241 pages. The story is told from a third-person narration. There are twenty chapters in total.
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
My Thoughts:
It is a wicked story! As it says on the cover, this is a story of evil, debauchery, and scandal! The characters had depth to them even though it is not a long book. The dialogue between them was witty without going too overboard.
This is the only full novel for Oscar Wilde and they say that some of the characters in the book were actually inspired by real persons. The painter Mr. Basil Hallward might be a painter called Frank Miles that Wilde met at Oxford and became a friend with. And through Miles, he met Lord Ronald Gower who possibly is Lord Henry in the story!
“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
Reading this book sometimes you feel there is a discussion going on between the different characters that can be philosophical a bit. Those possibly could reflect Wilde's own view on subjects like marriage, love, and beauty. Through the middle of the story sometimes I felt that some of that dialogue was dragging the suspense of the story but still all that remained an interesting experience to read.
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
This is a beautifully written classic that should not be missed. It has the fight between the good and the bad, which is something we do fight every day within ourselves. I am giving The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.0 shinning stars out of 5.0
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Even if we haven’t read the book everyone knows the plot. A painter paints a portrait of a beautiful young man. The portrait ages while he keeps his beauty. But the portrait also reflects his evil, not just aging, but turning eventually into a portrait of a devil.
There are thousands of reviews so I’ll just copy the next paragraph from the GR book blurb:
Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.”
The various nuggets of philosophy and thoughts and acerbic wit that the author intersperses throughout are a pleasure to read. Just a few examples:
On a painter’s reputation “…as soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
“The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.”
About a hostess introducing her guests: “She either explains them entirely away, or tells one everything about them except what one wants to know.”
“I make a great difference between people. I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
“Words! Mirror words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel!… Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
[She] is so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.”
[of an uncommunicative old man] “…he had said everything that he had to say before he was 30.”
“He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
“…his guardians, who were extremely old-fashioned people and did not realize that we lived in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities…”
Here are three vicious descriptions just going around a single dinner table:
A woman with “…the remains of a really remarkable ugliness.”
A man who is “…one of those middle-aged mediocrities so common in London clubs who have no enemies, but are thoroughly disliked by their friends…”
A man who “…like so many of his class, was under the impression that inordinate joviality can atone for an entire lack of ideas.”
In his short life (1854-1900) Wilde was part of the movement called aestheticism – “art for art’s sake,” not for its deeper meanings. Wilde’s brief preface give us his ‘manifesto,’ bits of which are:
“To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim…Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated…There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all…All art is at once surface and symbol…It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors…All art is quite useless.”
I should also say that the edition I read, 2018 by Read Books Ltd., had two errors in dates on the cover blurb. Does it matter? Not really, but it makes you wonder what else is sloppy inside the text.
Top image from wikipedia
London street around 1900 from cloudfront.net
The author from thedailybeast.com
There are thousands of reviews so I’ll just copy the next paragraph from the GR book blurb:
Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.”
The various nuggets of philosophy and thoughts and acerbic wit that the author intersperses throughout are a pleasure to read. Just a few examples:
On a painter’s reputation “…as soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
“The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.”
About a hostess introducing her guests: “She either explains them entirely away, or tells one everything about them except what one wants to know.”
“I make a great difference between people. I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
“Words! Mirror words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel!… Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
[She] is so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.”
[of an uncommunicative old man] “…he had said everything that he had to say before he was 30.”
“He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
“…his guardians, who were extremely old-fashioned people and did not realize that we lived in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities…”
Here are three vicious descriptions just going around a single dinner table:
A woman with “…the remains of a really remarkable ugliness.”
A man who is “…one of those middle-aged mediocrities so common in London clubs who have no enemies, but are thoroughly disliked by their friends…”
A man who “…like so many of his class, was under the impression that inordinate joviality can atone for an entire lack of ideas.”
In his short life (1854-1900) Wilde was part of the movement called aestheticism – “art for art’s sake,” not for its deeper meanings. Wilde’s brief preface give us his ‘manifesto,’ bits of which are:
“To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim…Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated…There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all…All art is at once surface and symbol…It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors…All art is quite useless.”
I should also say that the edition I read, 2018 by Read Books Ltd., had two errors in dates on the cover blurb. Does it matter? Not really, but it makes you wonder what else is sloppy inside the text.
Top image from wikipedia
London street around 1900 from cloudfront.net
The author from thedailybeast.com
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Damn all the other average and hyped thrillers. Just pick up this book for the spooky season!
The beginning surprised me, the mid shook me and the ending got me like I just survived a horrible war.
White turned black so fast yet it would make you feel like an artist blended it so well (damn the artist) that you actually thought it was meant to be.
I knew I would like this book as I knew it would be gothic, dark and we would be dealing with a narcissist. However, I wasn’t expecting another narcissist who was worst than the narcissist we are obviously talking about. Believe me there’s always someone who inspires someone to become a narcissist.
What I didn’t expect was the story becoming so bloody disturbing in the second half.
You will see the transition of an innocent young man becoming a ruthless criminal. What’s so satisfying about this book is that he wouldn’t be able to escape from seeing all the ugliness of his crimes (physical or mental) on his own face. Literally.
Just read this and don’t you dare Google the ending. You are not doing yourself a favour. Wait for it and get the satisfaction of feeling towards the end of the read that all the darkness would disappear like how a gruesome war is just ending and the world would be becoming brighter for sure.
I just wish all narcissist burn in hell. Amen. Now going to dream a nightmare.
The beginning surprised me, the mid shook me and the ending got me like I just survived a horrible war.
White turned black so fast yet it would make you feel like an artist blended it so well (damn the artist) that you actually thought it was meant to be.
I knew I would like this book as I knew it would be gothic, dark and we would be dealing with a narcissist. However, I wasn’t expecting another narcissist who was worst than the narcissist we are obviously talking about. Believe me there’s always someone who inspires someone to become a narcissist.
What I didn’t expect was the story becoming so bloody disturbing in the second half.
You will see the transition of an innocent young man becoming a ruthless criminal. What’s so satisfying about this book is that he wouldn’t be able to escape from seeing all the ugliness of his crimes (physical or mental) on his own face. Literally.
Just read this and don’t you dare Google the ending. You are not doing yourself a favour. Wait for it and get the satisfaction of feeling towards the end of the read that all the darkness would disappear like how a gruesome war is just ending and the world would be becoming brighter for sure.
I just wish all narcissist burn in hell. Amen. Now going to dream a nightmare.
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This was just so... boring.
I didn't care about anything that was happening at all.
Shame on me I guess lol.
I didn't care about anything that was happening at all.
Shame on me I guess lol.
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For a novel about immoral rich people, I enjoyed this immensely. It had a delightfully Gothic atmosphere, a good balance between idea-filled dialogue and plot, beautiful prose, and an excellent hook. The latter being the portrait as well as the constant uncertainty: Will he try to change his ways or do something even worse? Will one of those affected by his cruelty get their vengeance? It ends beautifully, too. And yet, I'm a picky hoe - there's way too much misogyny, the whole premise is founded on the idea that sins leave a mark on one's appearance, and the seven whole pages of infodumping about perfumes, instruments (this one very racist), precious gems, tapestries, and ecclesiastical vestments were quite unnecessary. 4.5 stars
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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
While I've known the story of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray for a long time, I'm not sure I've actually read it before now. As such, I'd forgotten (if that's the right word) what a great character Sir Henry is in the book. He sets so much in motion, including being the catalyst for Dorian's wish to stay young and Dorian's subsequent slide into immorality. Yet, while everyone, including Dorian is ultimately harmed by Sir Henry's actions, Sir Henry remains unscathed. There are other great characters too. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a fabulous and engaging story!
Not only is it beautifully written, the dialogue is sharp, witty and memorable. There are so many fabulous quotes, I wouldn't know where to begin, except...as an answer to my last review (Jon Meachum's The Soul of America) in which I felt Meachum was too optimistic: “The basis of optimism is sheer terror.” Maybe on that basis, I can be optimistic! 4.5 stars
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
While I've known the story of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray for a long time, I'm not sure I've actually read it before now. As such, I'd forgotten (if that's the right word) what a great character Sir Henry is in the book. He sets so much in motion, including being the catalyst for Dorian's wish to stay young and Dorian's subsequent slide into immorality. Yet, while everyone, including Dorian is ultimately harmed by Sir Henry's actions, Sir Henry remains unscathed. There are other great characters too. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a fabulous and engaging story!
Not only is it beautifully written, the dialogue is sharp, witty and memorable. There are so many fabulous quotes, I wouldn't know where to begin, except...as an answer to my last review (Jon Meachum's The Soul of America) in which I felt Meachum was too optimistic: “The basis of optimism is sheer terror.” Maybe on that basis, I can be optimistic! 4.5 stars
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- صورة دوريان جراي، احدى كلاسيكيات الأدب الانجليزي واحدى الكلاسيكيات الانسانية من كاتب ساخر فذّ، قلّ نظيره.
"ليس بين الكتب كتب اخلاقية وكتب منافية للأخلاق فالكتب اما جميلة التأليف وإما رديئة" هذا من المقدمة، ونستطرد من المحاكمة "وان الأميين المتوحشين الذين يحملون وجهات نظر غبية جداً عن الفنون هم فقط من يحكم عليها بمثل هذه الأحكام"
- يقول وايلد عن شخصيات الرواية انها ثالوث له: فبينما يشكل الرسام هالوورد حقيقته، يكون اللورد هنري الفكرة التي يظنها الناس عنه و دوريان جراي الشخصية التي اراد ان يكونها. ويبدو ان موت ما هو حقيقي وما هو متمنى لم يكن من قبيل الصدفة في الرواية!
- ينسج اوسكار وايلد روايته بوحي من فاوست، لكنه يجعل الاتفاق مع الشيطان من غير قصد. ثم يقوم بجعل هذه الشخصيات تتحاور مع بعضها وتتطور زمنياً واضعاً لها نمطاً سردياً غارقاً في فلسفة الجمال والفن من اجل الفن.
- الرواية تزخر بالنقد والهجاء فترى اللورد هنري يطالعك بآراء متناقضة وعديدة حول النساء والامريكيين والانجليز والزواج والانسانية والطبقات الاجتماعية ومفاهيم وجودية كالمتعة والخوف والحب والشباب والكهولة وغيرها الكثير، بالإضافة الى آراء عديدة عن الدين والروح والعشق...
- بناء على هذا الهجاء كانت ثيمات الرواية تجول ما بين حب الذات والازدواجية في المعايير ووجهات النظر، وبين الانحلال الاخلاقي الذي يعصف في الطبقات "الارستقراطية".
- الرواية تعبر ايضاً عن ثقافة الكاتب وهناك صفحات بكاملها عن انواع الاحجار الكريمة والقماش والعطر، وجولة على عدة أعمدة في الكتابة مثل شكسبير وموليير...
- النهاية اتت كجواب على السؤال الذي طرحه اللورد على دوريان، مقتبساً من الإنجيل "ماذا ينفع الإنسان لو ربح العالم كله وخسر نفسه؟"
- القصة ايضاً قد تكون اسست لقصص لاحقة، ولمست الكثير من "نرسيس وغولدموند" لهيرمان هيسة بين هذه الصفحات.
- الترجمة ممتازة رغم الأخطاء المطبعية والإملائية المتعددة.
"ليس بين الكتب كتب اخلاقية وكتب منافية للأخلاق فالكتب اما جميلة التأليف وإما رديئة" هذا من المقدمة، ونستطرد من المحاكمة "وان الأميين المتوحشين الذين يحملون وجهات نظر غبية جداً عن الفنون هم فقط من يحكم عليها بمثل هذه الأحكام"
- يقول وايلد عن شخصيات الرواية انها ثالوث له: فبينما يشكل الرسام هالوورد حقيقته، يكون اللورد هنري الفكرة التي يظنها الناس عنه و دوريان جراي الشخصية التي اراد ان يكونها. ويبدو ان موت ما هو حقيقي وما هو متمنى لم يكن من قبيل الصدفة في الرواية!
- ينسج اوسكار وايلد روايته بوحي من فاوست، لكنه يجعل الاتفاق مع الشيطان من غير قصد. ثم يقوم بجعل هذه الشخصيات تتحاور مع بعضها وتتطور زمنياً واضعاً لها نمطاً سردياً غارقاً في فلسفة الجمال والفن من اجل الفن.
- الرواية تزخر بالنقد والهجاء فترى اللورد هنري يطالعك بآراء متناقضة وعديدة حول النساء والامريكيين والانجليز والزواج والانسانية والطبقات الاجتماعية ومفاهيم وجودية كالمتعة والخوف والحب والشباب والكهولة وغيرها الكثير، بالإضافة الى آراء عديدة عن الدين والروح والعشق...
- بناء على هذا الهجاء كانت ثيمات الرواية تجول ما بين حب الذات والازدواجية في المعايير ووجهات النظر، وبين الانحلال الاخلاقي الذي يعصف في الطبقات "الارستقراطية".
- الرواية تعبر ايضاً عن ثقافة الكاتب وهناك صفحات بكاملها عن انواع الاحجار الكريمة والقماش والعطر، وجولة على عدة أعمدة في الكتابة مثل شكسبير وموليير...
- النهاية اتت كجواب على السؤال الذي طرحه اللورد على دوريان، مقتبساً من الإنجيل "ماذا ينفع الإنسان لو ربح العالم كله وخسر نفسه؟"
- القصة ايضاً قد تكون اسست لقصص لاحقة، ولمست الكثير من "نرسيس وغولدموند" لهيرمان هيسة بين هذه الصفحات.
- الترجمة ممتازة رغم الأخطاء المطبعية والإملائية المتعددة.
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Last year, I challenged myself to read one classic a month...
...And it pretty much took me all of last year to finish just this book...and Peter Pan - AKA the two shortest classics I have in my library. So there's that...
Now lesser mortals might be embarrassed by this; but, thankfully, I am completely and utterly secure in the magnificence of my mediocrity...and so I shall merely endeavor another try.
I'm sure the classic I select for 2020 (see how I've adjusted my standards and accepted that it might take ALL year to finish one book? #winning) will be epic andtedious AF scintillating on every level.
But I digress.
Even though it took the better part of a year to finish this thing, I did truly enjoy it. Wilde's witty repartee and commentary in regards to human nature was very thought provoking - and still very relevant today. More than ever, society is obsessed with youth and beauty and so much unnecessary bullshit, it's insane.
I think I might actually re-read this sometime this year. Even if it does take 10 months...
...And it pretty much took me all of last year to finish just this book...and Peter Pan - AKA the two shortest classics I have in my library. So there's that...
Now lesser mortals might be embarrassed by this; but, thankfully, I am completely and utterly secure in the magnificence of my mediocrity...and so I shall merely endeavor another try.
I'm sure the classic I select for 2020 (see how I've adjusted my standards and accepted that it might take ALL year to finish one book? #winning) will be epic and
But I digress.
Even though it took the better part of a year to finish this thing, I did truly enjoy it. Wilde's witty repartee and commentary in regards to human nature was very thought provoking - and still very relevant today. More than ever, society is obsessed with youth and beauty and so much unnecessary bullshit, it's insane.
I think I might actually re-read this sometime this year. Even if it does take 10 months...
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Nie jestem fanką tego tłumaczenia. Czuję się jakby czegoś brakowało.
I ocena 2019- 5/5
II ocena 2021- 4/5
I ocena 2019- 5/5
II ocena 2021- 4/5
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