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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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it was amazing
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April 4, 2011 – Started Reading
April 4, 2011 – Shelved
April 4, 2011 – Shelved as: our-collection-need-more-shelves
April 4, 2011 – Shelved as: arts-and-aesthetic
April 4, 2011 – Shelved as: 2011
April 4, 2011 – Shelved as: fiction-to-escape
April 5, 2011 –
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April 12, 2011 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Amanda L (new) - rated it 5 stars
Apr 04, 2011 09:09AM

Amanda L I love this and I'm about 15 pages into it. If I'm anticipating this correctly, it's a beautiful account of a near-Godly man's regression (and de-evolution) into corruption. Seems an allegory of sorts as well, in its both implicit and express address of the philosophy of art and beauty. (at the risk of being ostracized for my pretentiousness, ahem-- Ben), much of the dialogue style is reminiscent of the Socratic method (in which Socrates stimulates people to answer their own questions by responding to them with pointed and astute inquisition(s), through which a person is able to realize truth solely by self-discovery).

I'm also pretty wilde(HA) about the implicit love (perhaps unrequited?) of the artist for his subject. The word 'worship' is used and seems rather fitting.


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