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A review by samue_l
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
4.75
'I must sow poppies in my garden,' sighed Dorian.
'There is no necessity,' rejoined his companion, "Life has always poppies in her hands. Of course, now and then things linger. I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic mourning for a romance that would not die. Ultimately, however, it did die. I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.'
OSCAR WILDE threw some mustard on this book, to be sure. I found it very enjoyable. It could be because this is the first fiction book I've read after a long hiatus, which has spiraled into reading a lot of beautiful things. Lord Henry is a fabulous character. Like the Judge from Blood Meridian, if the Judge was a philosophical hedonist.
'There is no necessity,' rejoined his companion, "Life has always poppies in her hands. Of course, now and then things linger. I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic mourning for a romance that would not die. Ultimately, however, it did die. I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.'
OSCAR WILDE threw some mustard on this book, to be sure. I found it very enjoyable. It could be because this is the first fiction book I've read after a long hiatus, which has spiraled into reading a lot of beautiful things. Lord Henry is a fabulous character. Like the Judge from Blood Meridian, if the Judge was a philosophical hedonist.