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Have u read it? It really hit me... im still readin it. I would like to know what u think bout it. Im fascinated by every single character... by the beauty of Dorian, by the sweetness of the painter and the fascinatin art of speakin of lord Henry.
Let's lift our hands for beauty!!! It's the only good thing in the world!!!
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I adore Oscar Wilde and this is 1 of my favourites
only one person replied? come on y'all!
Oh yes. Another Wilde nut here, and Portrait of Dorian Grey is fantastic. Don't have time to swoon all over it before my connection cuts out, but count me in for the fan-club. Erin
Thanks, guys!!! DO I have to assume Resonant and Goblin (and Chelsea, but she's another story cuz we're readin it together) r the only ones who read it??? Thats a shame!!! Come on, people!!!! I'm speechless!!!
And... Dorian, your beauty rocks!!!
I have read the book and liked it very much. I also have a book of Wilde's poems. When I was in Paris I went to the semetary of Pere Lachaise and visited Oscar Wilde's grave. There is a huge stone with a wonderful sculpture on it that looks like a hovering man/angel. I took a picture of it. I also visited there the graves of Edith Piaf, Isadora Duncan and some other famous people from the last century. Star
well, I don't knnow whether or not this would count, because I didn't read the book, but I have it acted out on one of my old time radio cds. it was on one of the cbs radio mystery shows, and I loved it. I like strae stories about people either aging prematurely, or staying immortal. I thought it was all engrossing.
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LOL, Thanks for your reply!
Ahh but the beauty is not eternal is it as with us all its fleeting, beauty is not guaranteed we only borrow it from time, and the interest is often more than we can afford...
Yeah, but it can be so fascinatin sometimes... take Dorian, and the power he had on people.
true yes but that is also transient sadly nothing is forever
Thats for sure. But I keep being fascinated by all of this.
I was like that with a book called Under The Skin it just gripped my imagination in a truly unsettling way...by the way, talking about this, has made me dig out a copy of Dorian Grey so maybe we will both end up hooked ..smile
Oh, maybe we could talk bout it sometimes!!! i need some1 to talk to bout it... I looooove it so much!!!!!
i cant read it, cuz my computer wont let me open the files.
Oh but there's the power his beauty gives him over others, and then there's the excess and cruelty it induces in him, and his gradual self-destruction from within.... Did you know that when he initially published it, in a popular magazine, there was such outrage from the readers, that it was blatantly encouraging homosexuality, that Wilde added a few extra chapters and some minor plot-lines, making the sexuality conflict more sub-textual. The revised version got much better reviews, on the grounds that the moral of the story was that excess and indulgence lead to ruin and damnation. How could they miss the point so thoroughly?
Yes... and did u know what Wilde said? "Lord Henry is what every1 thinks I am. Basil is what I really am, and Dorian is the way I wish I could be".
It really hit me.