tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post4579318643112322834..comments2024-03-11T18:29:33.077-07:00Comments on ReadingWorld: BACK TO THE CLASSICS CHALLENGE: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567954521782974033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-56534543975774383232011-04-25T21:00:27.043-07:002011-04-25T21:00:27.043-07:00Hmmmm. That comment about Oscar Wilde and his prob...Hmmmm. That comment about Oscar Wilde and his probable notebook of witticisms rings true. It reminded me of something I read (albeit on wikipedia) that Dorothy Parker said about the Algonquin Round Table:<br /><br />"The Round Table was just a lot of people telling jokes and telling each other how good they were. Just a bunch of loudmouths showing off, saving their gags for days, waiting for a chance to spring them....There was no truth in anything they said. It was the terrible day of the wisecrack, so there didn't have to be any truth..."<br /><br />I remember liking Dorian Gray when I read it, but that was back in high school, I think. But nothing stuck with me except maybe Sybil.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-40941663905530127592011-04-25T11:31:35.271-07:002011-04-25T11:31:35.271-07:00I was exactly the same as you when I came to read ...I was exactly the same as you when I came to read this. I sat down and expected to be in awe. I had just finished "Turn of the Screw" which scared the daylights out of me and I was expecting more of the same. Instead I was bored by both Henry and Dorian.KarenSihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875454663363953921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-16968033392164042612011-04-25T06:00:55.261-07:002011-04-25T06:00:55.261-07:00I agree with you about the unrelenting witticisms....I agree with you about the unrelenting witticisms. It does get tiring. I thought wilde's Lady Windmere's Fan to be a far superior example of his work. It is also one of his most restrained works, wit-wise. Great review.<br />http://kafkatokindergarten.blogspot.com/CHEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634088152624853449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-65949147917890673642011-04-24T12:53:03.765-07:002011-04-24T12:53:03.765-07:00I find a lot of classics like this - amazing writi...I find a lot of classics like this - amazing writing but I don't get sucked into the plot or characters. I think it's my modern viewpoints coming through - back then they probably didn't write to that criteria, as we expect writers to now.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.com