So, I'm five chapters into this and I just have to ask...

You have to be trolling

>>8511082
No, I'm not. Henry Walton is a pretentious twat and everyone speaks in monologues. Is this one of those books with a slow start but then it picks up or something?

So... it gets better then?

Why is Liszt on that cover?

I've never known why people like this book so much. It's meh. A bit too detailed.

>>8511083

>walton

nigga u serious?

It doesn't really. He murders Basil later but that's all.

OP i made a thread and got ridiculed for asking the same thing. the book doesnt get better because its a terribly boring book. /lit/ likes it because that's what their programmed to like, not because they actually like it.

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>>8511853
>because that's what their programmed to like, not because they actually like it
>there's a difference

>>8511077
>his hair is always straight and black

REEEEEE

>>8511100
Maybe because he started out handsome and ended up really ugly.

Lord Henry is the wittiest character in fiction, and Wilde's prose is absolutely aesthetic. Those are the main reasons behind its popularity.

Personally, I like it, but I don't think it's his best. You shouldn't have gone into it with any lofty expectations, desu. Read Lady Windermere's Fan next.

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Nigga thats the fucken point. The characters are pretentious and being distressed by it is a normal reaction that is to be expected. Thats essentially what the novel is about. A society of pretentious dandy fucks. So just fucking read the whole thing and look at the whole picture (of dorian gray).

>>8511083
If you're not fascinated by Lord Henry then you won't like the book.

>>8512845
This. Is like that italian movie 'The Great Beauty'.

The episodes of Lord Henry's marriage are my relationship goals.

>>8512805
Really? They're definitely the two worst things about this book.

>>8512854
How could you be fascinated by him? He goes around imposing retarded beliefs on everyone he meets. His views are stupid, and he obsesses over a boy simply because he's beautiful and makes a conscious decision to manipulate him.

>>8513073
>He goes around imposing retarded beliefs on everyone he meets.

And you cant relate?

>>8512815
His plays are where his writing really shines.