The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Picture of Dorian Grey

1890 • 186 pages

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Average rating4.1

15

I finished this last night and contemplated giving it 4 stars, mostly due to some of the omitted information. Like, what did Dorian write on that piece of paper to Alan Campbell?
But then i spent hours thinking about it and I believe part of the genius of this work lies in exactly that - omitting the exact sins and letting the reader conjure them in their mind, which would make them uniquely horrible, as nothing can scare or disgust us more than our own imagination.

I loved reading this and I find the philosophical monologues by the author utterly fascinating.

Oscar Wilde's writing is as always exceptional and I am happy I finally got to enjoy it in English as well.

September 6, 2022