#the picture of Dorian grey

[remusjohnslupin]

LITERATURE SERIES: Classic Horror

“The horror genre never dies. It just keeps getting re­invented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afraid, we're all afraid of things: death, disfigurement, loss of a loved one. Everything that I'm afraid of, you're afraid of and vice versa. So everybody feels fear and suspense.” —John Carpenter

[ijustkindalikebooks]

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[ellie-makes-mbs]

happy birthday, oscar wilde!

[abrilmayo20105]

[hekate1308]

At least Netflix's The Picture Of Dorian Gray proves once and for all that executives understand nothing about fandom.

You're not preventing slash by making Dorian and Basil Hallward brothers. All you're doing is creating incest fanfic.

[mackmp3]

ages ago i bought a copy of the picture of dorian grey from a second hand book fair, it was three dollars of something, fairly nice hardcover edition, marbled endpapers, and it had a bit of paper in it, some work thing dated 1987. i read about half of it and then stopped for some reason, was clearing out some books and gave dorian grey to my sister, she wanted to throw out the bit of paper and i got upset cos the bit of paper had been in there since 1987 and i didn't want them to be separated. anyways, eventually my sister read it, and then she lent it to a friends agesss ago, the friend took it to japan and only read like one chapter, my sister thought she may have left it there by accident because she never mentioned it again, but the other day i almost bought another copy cos i want to read it again, so i got my sister to ask the friend and she said she'll give it to her at school today. so i'll get my book back. even though it's technically my sister's now. and i kinda wonder if that bit of paper will still be in it.

[leonenjoyer69]

This is literally a canon scene guys, trust me

An alt version that's brighter w/o the paper texture and the sketch ^^^

NICHE GANG WHERE YOU AT??? fr tho, please, where are you? The world needs more TPODG fanart :333

Anyway, the 1976 tv adaption version of Basil is literally my favorite Basil ever and if you haven't watched it GO WATCH IT RN IT'S ON YOUTUBE

[woelfin-sheeps-clothing]

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

Finished my portrait of Dorian Grey! Full image available on my Patreon!

Let me know what you think. Just lines, sepia tones, or full color?

Next up is his slightly more risqué bookmark, and then we move on to Mr. Darcy!

[theturntechgod]

[oldtvandcomics]

Happy Queer Media Monday!

Today: The Picture of Dorian Grey

(One of the many covers this book has had over time, showing forever-young Dorian and his corrupted picture)

If I’m already doing this, I might just as well start with one of the Big Classics.

The Picture of Dorian Grey is Oscar Wilde’s only novel. It is a gothic horror story about a young man, who makes a wish that his portrait would age instead of him, and he could remain forever young and beautiful. His wish is granted, and very soon, Dorian falls into a life of hedonism, where he keeps hurting other people, but suffers no bad effects from it, while the picture becomes more and more hideous. It’s only after he commits murder that he breaks down and destroys the picture. The curse is broken, and the picture is back to being beautiful, while Dorian himself becomes an unrecognizably ugly old man, killed by the knife stabs he inflicted on the painting.

Besides being so homoerotic that it had to be censored multiple times, The Picture of Dorian Grey addresses some interesting themes about beauty, and art, and the corruption of the soul. It is also very interesting in both British and queer literature history. It was wildly hated by the contemporary Victorian audience, but has since then become a classic of gothic horror literature. It underwent multiple censorship to tone down the gay undertones, and passages from the first edition were used at Wilde’s trial as evidence against him.

All in all, The Picture of Dorian Grey is an interesting, and fairly quick, read, that gives us an invaluable insight into the minds of gay men in the late 19th century.

As it is in the Public Domain, you can get it online for free, even as an audiobook.

Queer Media Monday is an action I started to talk about some important and/or interesting parts of our queer heritage, that people, especially young people who are only just beginning to discover the wealth of stories out there, should be aware of. Please feel free to join in on the fun and make your own posts about things you personally find important!

[fannishstuff]

So, suppose I began posting fake AO3 summaries featuring popular tropes, but about famous literature. Who would be down to treat them as writing prompts?

Examples (using Dorian Grey as bait because that book already has a fandom)

Dorian Grey Coffee Shop AU Dorian Grey is a philosophy major, stressed out of his mind for midterms. Basil is a barista, passionate about both coffee and his latte art Instagram page but struggling with depression. It's love at first sight for Basil. Dr. Wotton is the most popular professor at the school, but he has a reputation for affairs with students that nobody can quite prove. Dorian is in his class, but Basil just knows that the minute grades go up, he's going to make his move - and possibly ruin Dorian's life.

Frankenstein, Onecest Style A relatively young, bright-eyed Victor Frankenstein receives a dire warning about his own future. When he has the opportunity to meet his power-hungry and half-mad future self, he is horrified, and knows that he has to do something to save him. This feeling is made stronger because the future Mister Frankenstein has an innate fascination with such a scientific oddity as his temporally displaced self... and treats Victor in a way that he's never been treated before.

A Rose for Emily lich AU One day, Homer Barron wakes up.

[now-that-i-saw-you]

When Basil says he doesn't want the world to see the portait because he "put too much of himself" in it and Lord Henry says it's untrue because Dorian Grey's prettier.

Yeah, that novel's a comedy.

[ghoulierstudio]

✨The Aesthete & the Diabolical ✨

Print Exploring the precarious balance of Art & the psyche of the creators, consumers & identity.

Within this piece is a love letter/nod to Anne Rice ✨The Vampire Lestat, Molly Tanner✨ Creatures of Will & Temper - the sapphic retelling of Oscar Wilde’s ✨The Picture of Dorian Grey (3rd picture)

[wisteriapages]

I was told the homoerotic subtext of the picture of Dorian grey was insane but i didn't eben imagine paragraphs on paragraphs on how beautiful men were. Good god

[thediaryofthedeadpoet]

“Oysa işlediği tüm günahların cezasını anında çekseydi onun için çok daha iyi olurdu. Ceza çekmenin insanı arındırıp temizleyen bir yanı vardı...”

[kingsnorthportfolio]