Ein Granatapfelhaus/Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Hardcover, 448 pages

German language

Published July 15, 2008 by Marix Verlag.

ISBN:
978-3-86539-190-2
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OCLC Number:
634699421

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4 stars (185 reviews)

Die Veröffentlichung seines ersten und einzigen Romans „Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray“, in dem er den scheiternden Versuch eines Lebens als Kunstwerk, die dramatische Beziehung zwischen Schönheit und Sittlichkeit darstellt, löste einen Skandal aus. Er verletzte damit nicht nur den viktorianischen Moralkodex, sondern schildert mit diesem Thema der europäischen Dekadenz auch seinen ureigensten Konflikt.

So wurde der Roman zum Dokument der Krise im künstlerischen Selbstverständnis des Exzentrikers Oscar Wilde. „Ein Granatapfelhaus“ ist eine im Jahre 1891 erschienene Märchensammlung Oscar Wildes, der mit seinen romantischen Märchen eine Sammlung schuf, die bis heute zu den beliebtesten und gelungensten ihrer Gattung zählen.

113 editions

Tunkkaista menoa viktoriaanisessa Englannissa

2 stars

Välillä täytyy lukea klassikkoja. Kuten kaikki tietävät, Oscar Wilde on eittämättä yksi kirjallisuushistorian suuria sanan säilän mestareita. Tämäkin teos sisältää kuolemattomia onelinereita lähes joka sivulla. Jaana Kapari-Jatan suomennos välittää tässä hyvin Wilden kielen sujuvuuden.

Tarinana sen sijaan koin teoksen lähinnä luotaan työntävänä. Yläluokkaisten kusipäiden tunnontuskailut ja tekosyvälliset filosofoinnit lähinnä ärsyttivät. Tarina on olevinaan moraliteetti, mutta se ei oikein vakuuta, kun suoranaiset henkirikoksetkin näyttäytyvät lähinnä abstrakteina esteettis-moraalisina ongelmina. Luokkanäkökulma loistaa kokonaan poissaolollaan; alempaan yhteiskuntaluokkaan kuuluvien ihmisten kohtelua roskaväkenä ei juurikaan problematisoida. Hedonistisia filosofisia näkemyksiään sivukaupalla lateleva Lordi Henry on yksi vastenmielisimmistä hahmoista, joihin olen kaunokirjallisuudessa törmännyt, enkä ole aivan varma, oliko tämä Wilden tarkoituskin. Sinänsä uskon, että kirja kuvaa viktoriaanisen Englannin yläluokan arvomaailmaa jokseenkin realistisesti, mutta olisin tarvinnut kriittisempää suhtautumista siihen, että kirja olisi alkanut innostaa.

Review of 'Picture of Dorian Gray' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Normally I find stories about terrible people to be uninteresting, but I found this classic of gothic horror to be an entertaining read mainly due simply to the word crafting of Wilde.

Note: this is not the edition I read. With nearly 14,000 editions of this work in the database, I'm not going to attempt to find the correct one, especially since I'm not sure it's even listed. For the record, I read the Monochrome Books edition of 2023 featuring white text on black paper, and for which the publisher did not see fit to procure an isbn number.

Review of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

 All these many years I'd thought it [a:Oscar Wilde|3565|Oscar Wilde|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1673611182p2/3565.jpg]'s [b:The Picture of Dorian Gray|1857397|The Picture of Dorian Gray|Oscar Wilde|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1314903532l/1857397.SY75.jpg|1858012] was simply about a painting that aged while its subject didn't.
 That's not wholly accurate. What happens is that the painting shows not only age but the negative side of Dorian Gray's being. The image begins to look cruel and evil as Dorian himself continues to look like an innocent handsome young man.
 Dorian is, by the way, what would now be called an influencer, and I'm waiting for something to come out about a YouTube star whose image and real being contrast in an interesting way.
 This book is so full of quotes that the page immediately inside the front cover references several of them. On nearly every page, though, you can find a Wilde witticism. He was the [a:Fran Lebowitz|8127311|Fran Lebowitz|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1536147926p2/8127311.jpg] of his day, which was …

Really good, but with minor pacing issues

4 stars

Beautifully written. However, there was one or two chapters in the middle that devote themselves to talking about Dorian's various fads and passing interests, and while I enjoyed the flowery prose they just meandered uninterestingly and I didn't see how they added to the plot or to the allegory—although it's very likely that I could've just missed the meaning. Other than that though, I really enjoyed it. Wonderful philosophical introspections (including questionable ones by Lord Henry), and a consistent but hidden underlying allegory (although admittedly obvious if you know about Wilde's personal life).

Unrelated, but even if I didn't know Wilde was primarily a playwright I still would've been able to tell because all the dialogue feels like a play rather than a novel.

Review of 'Picture of Dorian Gray' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde offers the reader a compelling lesson how how narcissism and hedonism lead to inevitable pain and suffering for both the pleasure-seeker and those whom he or she crosses in their lives.

The story opens as a conversation between an artist, Basil Hallward, and a minor English lord, Henry "Harry" Wotton. The subject of their conversation is Hallward's infatuation with a young, up-and-coming nobleman named Dorian Gray who, among other things, represents the ideal of male beauty and youthful innocence. Hallward has neared completion of what he considers a masterpiece—a portrait of the young Dorian Gray.

Both Hallward and Wotton perceive Dorian Gray as an "uncarved block." The "uncarved block" is a symbol in Taoism which indicates an individual who does not yet bear the stain of learning and civilization. Thus, Hallward sees Gray as embodying an artistic ideal and the potential to …

Review of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Oscar Wilde is immensely quotable and witty, I’m sure you’ll all recognise some bits of his prose. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a gothic tale full of various themes, but centrally the fear of aging and the idea that our sins are visible to the outside world through our aging. What would happen if you could halt that process?

I did feel a bit sorry for Dorian in places. He does seem rather naïve at the start and is led astray by Lord Henry Wotton, who thinks being a good person is incredibly dull. It doesn’t go into detail about the sinful things Dorian gets up to but it’s inferred through the fact he ends up with a pretty awful reputation. Yet every now and then there’s a glimpse of the old Dorian and I wished for him to finally see the error of his ways.

This 1891 edition …

Review of 'Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I have a few niggly problems with this book. Oscar Wilde seems to have cut quite a few corners, Dorian figures out the painting straight away and automatically accepts that as true. His life gets a bit out of control, he has got people in trouble but no reference to that happens and somebody commits suicide and that is mention only in passing. But once Oscar gets on to describing curtains and materials he has loads to say, pages and pages in fact.

All that aside I really did like this book, there is one scene in the middle which is so sudden and violent it is really shocking, very clever stuff. Also Sir Henry and his views on marriage and women had me laughing.

My copy of the book said it was uncut, all the parts that were banned due to homosexuality had been put back in. I have …

Review of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Continuing my quest to read through the classics. I can't believe I've not read this one before.

Art. Vanity. Hedonism. Sin. Murder. This book runs the gamut of debauchery. It was quite scandalous in 1890. Written by Oscar "Buck" Wilde, it was part of the evidence in his gross indecency trial and conviction.
So many tragic ends in this one. Poor Sybil Vane! Poor James Vane! Poor Basil Hallward! No one who crosses Dorian's path comes out ok. Not even Dorian.

Enjoy this piece of classic horror, and if an artist friend asks you to sit for a portrait, tell him, "no thanks".

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