The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Picture of Dorian Grey

1890 • 186 pages

Ratings1,326

Average rating4.1

15

Pretty good, glad I read it!

Pros: incredibly gay. Like, when people tell you that a classic book was gay, it's often a parting glance. This book only stops short of two men going down on each other.
Cons: Wilde really hates poor people and anyone worth a skin colour less than porcelain. Long diatribes full of antisemitic tropes, the “disgusting habits” of the poor, and the “brutishness and backwardness of pagan nations” (paraphrased but still).

June 21, 2021