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Na Inglaterra vitoriana, o famoso artista Basil Hallard pinta o retrato de Dorian Gray, homem jovem de uma beleza inspiradora. Imerso num ambiente aristocrático que cultiva o belo e a juventude como valores absolutos, e atraído por esta visão hedonista da vida, Dorian Gray deseja que aquele retrato envelheça no seu lugar, registando-se ali as marcas da sua decadência física enquanto a sua aparência permanece intocada pelo tempo. A sua alma será a moeda de troca. Publicado em 1890 como uma novela na Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, O Retrato de Dorian Gray, foi recebido com escândalo, classificado como imoral e censurado. Um ano depois, Oscar Wilde edita, em livro, o influente romance filosófico como hoje o conhecemos, defendendo o seu trabalho num prefácio histórico que constitui, ele próprio, um manifesto literário e artístico em defesa da arte e dos direitos de quem a cria.
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0“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
I can totally understand why this book became a classic and the importance of it for literature in general. I was expecting this to be a harder book to read, with denser writing, but I found it overall very fluid and quick reading. But it wasn't a very likable read - I think the only character I actually liked (or at any rate felt sorry for) was Basil. I think knowing beforehand all the Oscar Wild went through because of this book and the sidenotes about terms and meanings of some phrases, references to other works, etc, helped me understand and even like this more than if I've read it without this previous knowledge. I'm happy to have read it, but I don't know if it will be a story I'll go back to in the future.
0A classic that is very transgressive of it's era, I imagine what is was like to have this book publish in the XIX century. Oscar Wilde was a brave man! It makes you respect his madness.
The book had a fantastic plot, amazing complex characters and numerous topics that defied convention. The most effective character for this was Lord Henry, even if I hated him and wanted to enter the book to punch him, he was still, by far, the best character of this novel. He was something else for sure...
Dorian was an interesting protagonist because he starts as the moral character and ends as the villain of the story. While I knew the story in broad strokes I was still gasping at some scenes. The ending was the cherry on the top of this tragic story.
If you like morally gray characters, you should give this a go. It's a must read for sure.
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