eBook source: Free from Feedbooks (as ePub, Mobipocket or PDF)
Read on: Sony PRS-300 (also partially read previously on Nintendo DS in 100 classic book collection)
Thoughts
I enjoyed the parts of the book that focused on Dorian, particularly as he becomes more paranoid towards the end. I didn't like Dorian's friend Lord Henry. There is quite a lot of dialogue between these characters at parties and other social gatherings that I found tiresome. Little wonder our antihero takes up the life he does - I would have been bored silly at such events, but I suppose that Lord Henry would likewise have considered me to be very dull (or at least lacking in wit).
I was surprised to see some expressions that I thought were modern were used in the 1890s. (like describing somewhere as a 'hole of a place'), and also that one of the characters says 'heaps of time'. I had always thought that this was an Australian turn of phrase.
About the eBook
The ePub eBook was well formatted (I particularly liked the chapter headings), although I would have preferred if it contained just the novel itself (it included a brief biography of the author as introduction and some ebook recommendations as end matter).
eBooks read so far: 1
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