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[Dawn]

Obviously you did not understand the book! Rubbish? You should be so great to call Oscar Wilde's work "rubbish". I came to this site to look for academic and insightful comments not ignorant ones. Give us a break.

[Lori]

I completely disagree with you dawn. This book was so boring and uselss, by the end of the semester, I was using the book as a door stop. I think your a crazy, paranoid idiot who is such a loser, that reads oscar wilde all day and still needs "acedemic and insightful comments" It was that difficult to read and I think your dumb!!!

[Unregistered]

Dawn, so anyone who does not like the book is ignorant? Seams like it's you who is being ignorant...

[Unregistered]

everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and you should respect it.

[Unregistered]

This book is brilliant. Anyone who fails to understand that is obviously a bitter academic lacking any real life experience.

[Rmk]

Its funny the things people say on this site... Often people say things such as, "The books trash" or "It's brilliant!", but I have yet to find a single post with something which will back up their stand. If you have something you would like to write, and have it be cared for by those which read it, then why not BACK IT UP with something which makes you feel as you do. You wont make a point with a three word rant, nor will you influence people with aggressive writing, but you will make people think with some real evidence. Till then, words and ideas ejaculated onto forums wont do a damn good to anyone.

[Spelling police]

Erm...Anonymous? You spelled 'Seems' wrong...anyway, this book, in my opinion is just a big, melodramatic, literary soap opera. That's a bad thing, in case you were wondering. I've got nothing against Oscar Wilde, but this book was very one sided; very biased; very close minded. In my opinion, it's a waste of paper. Of course, that's probably only because I HAD to read it.

[Unregistered]

wow you people are creepy. dont get all defensive over a book

[Unregistered]

This book is beyond brilliant. At first, it made little sense, at least while I was reading it; however, as one thinks about it, the knowledge Wilde possessed emerges. To not get anything out of reading this book, one would have had to approach it or develop a stubborn attitude before the wisdom sets in. If you didn't like, it's your right to, but it's also your loss.

[Unregistered]

This book is beyond brilliant. At first, it made little sense, at least while I was reading it; however, as one thinks about it, the knowledge Wilde possessed emerges. To not get anything out of reading this book, one would have had to approach it or develop a stubborn attitude before the wisdom sets in. If you didn't like, it's your right to, but it's also your loss.

[Threnagel]

Well, I thought "A picture of Dorian Gray"'s plot was interesting and intricate.

[Unregistered]

To Dawn: if this is hard to read, I wonder who's the dumb one...

[A N Other Dawn]

Well, since it is perfectly obvious that the comments made by those who disliked the story contain a lot of spelling and punctuation mistakes, whilst those who enjoyed it have at least gained a rudimentary understanding and appreciation of the English language. Perchance this explains the difference in attitude? Anyway, what I really wanted to comment on was: Now that Dorian Gray has been introduced as one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - aka Victorian Superheroes - perhaps his story will become more popular.

[..]

i think that the real ignorants are those who cannot write properly 'seem' and 'you're' ( like Lori and the second and third anonymous that have written before me), and as such they cannot express an efficient literary opinion. the book is really a 'work of art'!!

[Eric]

Did no one else get the feeling that this book was written just to channel this dudes gayness? The book itself flew pretty good, and was easy reading til the very end, then it was the most boring thing ive ever read.

[currie]

Poster from Feb 21st, 04: <br>Yeah, why the hell should anyone care about books? Or ideas, or theories, or the beauty of the written word? Why even care about reality, for that matter? Hitler had it right; we should burn 'em all.<br>*sigh*<br>Some people make me so sad.<br><br><br>Poster from March 1st, 03: <br>You mentioned a dissappointment in not learning enough about human nature. Who convinced you that teaching silly old *you* something about human nature is the book's purpose? Wilde was an aestheticist. <br>"All art is quite useless." Do you know what that means? (Literature is art, by the way, just to clear that up for you). Art isn't 'bad' just because it can't be used for something; that applies to this work, as well. One of the most remarkable things about it, I find, is the simple enjoyment of reading the language. Wilde's narration is remarkable, even if it may not tell me anyting at all. Of course, *I* learned a lot from reading the book (maybe you were half asleep when you read it, I don't know); I was just proving a point.<br>If all you want to do is learn, go get yourself an astrophysics or psychology textbook or something instead of whining in here.

[Edzabeen]

As far as I have noticed most of the comments like 'it's complete rubbish' or so are coming from people who were forced to read it. I like reading books (not only those which are needed for literature's lessons) and therefore don't think that a book can be waste of paper. If it's badly written it can be used as an example how you shouldn't write :)

[Unregistered]

I can't stand this book!It's just so boring!I prefer reading something by tolstoy or turgenev.At least they could construct interesting and intricate plots. I also learned a lot more from their work about human nature than from this piece of "witty","clever",and "insightful"rubbish.