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A Quick Tip by josheklow

  • Jul 2, 2010
Either read this or the wikipedia entry for it, or you will miss out on quite a few pop culture references to it.
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review by . July 01, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
The Portrait of Dorian Gray is the only novel by the famous playwright Oscar Wilde and at the time it caused a lot of uproar due to the homosexual undertones present in the novel. Oscar Wilde was a famous homosexual at a time when homosexuality was a prosecutable crime and Widle ended up being tried and sentenced for what he wrote in the book. In terms of 'devious' content it's actually pretty light and for the most part implied rather than mentioned. Nowadays the content is nothing …
review by . July 02, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
I first read this book when I was a teenager, recommended to me by my father. We shared pretty much the same taste in books and this suggestion made me discover Oscar Wilde as a writer.       By the time it was written this book, fiction was just in diapers, so to speak, yet the idea proposed here of a painting reflecting the model’s inner transformation is quite nice and interesting. The desire to stay young forever is an old human aspiration and theme, yet I find …
Quick Tip by . July 05, 2010
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Pretty good. The story is relatively simple - most of the pages are filled with Wilde's flowery prose and witticisms. But it's intriguing and interesting to read.
Quick Tip by . July 17, 2010
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Dark humor and undertones of evil make this one of Oscar Wilde's most noteworthy works. It is thought provoking and disturbing in an unexpected sort of way.
Quick Tip by . July 15, 2010
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Creepy, Classical and Cool. Dorian Gray is not the best character in this book you will see that he has a diabolic mentor behind. If you want to test one human give him some power.
Quick Tip by . July 08, 2010
Witty, inventive, true to life. A real look into the human condition
Quick Tip by . July 08, 2010
This haunting book is written in a picturesque way. Wilde's look into the human ego is deep and profound in its intensity.
Quick Tip by . July 02, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
This book has always reminded me of the myth of Narcissus. Too lost in his beauty, too eager to preserve it, young Dorian Gray makes a bargain, and as all men who has made bargains, pays the price.
Quick Tip by . July 01, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Haunting picturesque novel about the ego.
Quick Tip by . June 28, 2010
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An excellent book. A classic story of good and evil not to be missed.
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