The Picture of Dorian Gray review

The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s only novel…for good reason. Literary genius is not necessarily adept at all forms. Here is a parlor game: which authors wrote excellent novels, short stories, plays, essays, and poems? Off the top of my head, I can’t think of anyone. Or, make the game easier by aiming at 4 out of 5. Or would it have to be 3 out of 5 to get any entrants? Wilde’s forte was “The Quip.” He was a manufacturer of one-liners; indeed his only rivals in that form might be … [Read more...] about Art of the Quip