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Do you read for leisure or for learning?

Amber @AmbiePam (121171) • United States 13 Nov 08

I've noticed lately, that although I'm reading certain books for fun, they are books that actually are teaching me things I did not know. I don't read fiction anymore, although I have just picked up [i]The Picture of Dorian...

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The picture of dorian gray

Kiki Stamatiou @Keola12 (824) • United States 6 Nov 08

This is a dark tale about an ambition an artist to keep Dorian Gray young for all eternity, with the intention to make him immortal. Then when Dorian Gray ages, so does his portrait in the painting. This is what leads to Dorian...

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What was your most precious possession someone borrowed and never returned?

magicslate @magicslate (373) • Philippines 20 Oct 08

When I was in college, a classmate borrowed my copy of the book, The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was precious to me not only because I loved the book and Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite authors, but more so because that book was...

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The best book in the world: Picture of Dorian Gray

lorelai @lorelai (1558) • Italy 28 Nov 07

Why do I like this book so much? It's difficult to say why I like it exactly because it's such a wonderful book.First of all can you even imagine being forever young? Isn't that every man's dream? But what makes this notion even...

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Ocar Wilde

luanlombardi @luanlombardi (21) • Italy 20 Feb 07

There is a preface of The Picture of Dorian Gray by O.Wilde about the theme of art: "The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into...

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A Biography Of Irish Poet Oscar Wilde

kapilgoela123 @kapilgoela123 (134) • India 3 Nov 06

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), dramatist and Irish poet whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan(1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Among wilds other best-known works are his only novel The...

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