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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

For a long time, The Picture of Dorian Gray topped my list of favorite books. I first read it in college for an English class taught by a TA who was VERY into David Bowie. We spent the semester reading Dorian Gray and analyzing Bowie lyrics to compare the themes in his music to Wilde's book. It was pretty groovy. The song 'The DJ' led to a particularly good conversation about identity... just in case you want to geek out. ;-)

I've always loved this quote from Oscar Wilde: 'Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.'

Lord Henry! He ways the most outrageous things. I love it so much.

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Sameet's avatar

I'm curious about your reading process.

Do you take notes as you read? What does that look like?

I've tried various ways (keeping a journal with quotes, etc) but nothing sticks. I find I end up wanting to read uninterrupted, but then after I also crave some sort of record of my reading experience.

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