The Picture Of Dorian Gray

I would have never imagined the determination in his violent action and the indifferent tone in some of the lines, while the petulant manner is, if not overdone, indeed vividly displayed.The hearing of the fluent flow of words certainly brings more satisfaction to Wilde's ingenuity than reading them. Poor Basil and cunning Henry look dreadfully much older than they should be at the beginning and there is no trace of an artist in Basil's airs at all.

Sigh... Australia is once again used in novels as a perfect and weightless excuse for being away. Having had read the shortened version of the book I was literally startled by the part of Sibyl's brother, and thereby allow me to whine that it is equally a crime offering readers the scissored version of a book of such.