The Picture of Dorian Grey

The glittering diamond of this novel for me is Lord Henry, whose persistent stream of horridly witty, alarmingly destructive aphorisms is continually hilarious - a reprehensible character, but still so utterly charming. “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself” - what terrible advice to give to an impressionable young lad!

Dorian's downward spiral was captivating throughout. Though he didn't knowingly sell his soul, he had his chances to use his gift for good rather than evil, and poor Dorian chose the dark path. What would I do? What would anyone do?