Questions tagged [the-picture-of-dorian-gray]
"The Picture of Dorian Gray", an 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde. Use with the [oscar-wilde] tag.
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Who's the woman at the opium den?
When Dorian Gray is at the opium den, a woman approaches and calls him "Prince Charming", prompting the pursuit and then confrontation with James Vane.
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Can anyone explain this quote by Oscar Wilde: 'Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming...that is all' [duplicate]
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these ...
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Does “The Picture of Dorian Gray” contain any explicit content?
I’m reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. So far, I have read the first few pages, and I noticed Basil saying things like “I meet him [Dorian Gray], I cannot be happy without meeting him” ...
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Can someone explain what "corrupt without being charming" means?
From Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (emphasis added):
those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings ...
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