The library
Author Oscar Wilde Origin Ireland First published 1890 Genre Gothic Fiction Pages 254 I read it Sep 2022
The Picture of Dorian Gray
My review
There is a lot to love here, particularly the philosophical insights. The scene where Lord Henry tells Dorian that ‘the tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young’ is a beautiful, tragic flash of sincerity that stuck with me long after finishing. A very good book, even if some chapters felt a little slow.
My favourite quote
I have sorrows, Dorian, of my own, that even you know nothing of. The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. I am amazed sometimes at my own sincerity. Ah, Dorian, how happy you are! What an exquisite life you have had. You have drunk deeply of everything. You have crushed the grapes against your palate. Nothing has been hidden from you. And it has all been to you no more than the sound of music.
