120 Years Later: Uncensored Dorian Gray Finally Published

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120 Years Later: Uncensored Dorian Gray Finally Published

Good news, everyone! Now you can corrupt your mind with Oscar Wilde's uncensored, filthy, and sexy version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Oscar Wilde was a controversial figure when he was alive, and he's become prolific in the century since his death. One of his best-known works is The Picture of Dorian Gray, which has been <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray>adapted several times since it was first published, but many people don't know <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray#Major_changes_in_the_1891_version_from_the_1890_first_edition>how the novel was censored after it first appeared in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. As a result, the full version of the book's never been published ... <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Dorian-Gray-Annotated-Uncensored/dp/0674057929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304106481&sr=1-1>Until now, that is.

It turns out that Wilde's editor, J.M. Stoddart, cut a substantial amount of "objectionable" content (read: homoeroticism) from the book, as well as "a number of things which an innocent woman would make an exception to." However, Harvard University Press has announced that it's publishing the complete novel, including everything that Stoddart removed.

Speaking to the Guardian, editor Nicholas Frankel (who's an associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University) explained why now was the perfect time for an uncensored version of Dorian Gray: "the time is ripe for the publication of Wilde's novel in its uncensored form ... It is the version of the novel that Wilde, I believe, would want us to be reading in the 21st century ... I'm bringing it out of the closet a little more."

Dorian Gray's arguably one of the most influential novels of the nineteenth century, so the fact that readers will finally get to read the version that Wilde originally intended them to is pretty dang cool. Hey, anything that was decried as "vulgar," "unclean," "poisonous," and "discreditable" has to be good.

Source: <a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/27/dorian-gray-oscar-wilde-uncensored>Guardian via <a href=http://io9.com/#!5796955/uncensored-version-of-oscar-wildes-picture-of-dorian-gray-finally-published>io9

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[Daystar Clarion]

It was 1890.

A woman showing a bit of naked ankle was considered unseemly.

How bad could it be?

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Ah! This should be a fantastic read. They actually made a movie called Dorian Grey not too long ago, but it wasn't really the same concept. In the movie, Dorian never looked at the painting because it was hideous, and it showed not only his age and physical damage, but the damage on his soul as well. The painting rotted and writhed with maggots and such, and I never thought it anywhere near the original. We shall see just how close to the truth it was

 

[ScoopMeister]

Sounds good. I haven't read the story before, so I might consider buying this one. Can never say no to a bit of homoeroticism.

Wait... something about that last sentence wasn't right...

 

[BritishWeather]

I suppose uncyclopedia will be happy about this. It's a good story anyhow.

 

[teebeeohh]

this does not work: you can't use the phrase "good news, everyone" and follow it with actual good news. head about to explode...

yeah this is pretty good especially in a time where other editors cut stuff from classics

 

[Sixcess]

Very interesting. Dorian Gray is one of my favourite novels so any additional text should make for some interesting reading, although I can think of one or two sections that could do being edited to be less boring rather than less offensive.

Only one or two though. Generally it's a terrific read, as well as being extremely funny.

 

[Zoe Castillo]

Well im reading 5 books right now so I won?t be getting this any time soon but im interested thats for sure .

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I can't wait to pick it up to see what is changed.

 

[Irridium]

It was 1890.

A woman showing a bit of naked ankle was considered unseemly.

How bad could it be?

"And then, Dorathy, lifted her blouse a bit, showing exposed skin on her lower-leg. This, coupled with her exposed elbows, was too much for Donald to bare. He pick her up in a fit of lust, and..."

You know what, I'll stop there. Think I made my point.

Oh, I should also probably mention I haven't read the book, so yeah.

 

[EllEzDee]

Because obscene material makes a book better.
If i'd have been boring enough to have read the censored version, i'd have no reason at all to read the uncensored version if all it adds is a little gay porn.

EDIT: And why can i not stop thinking of Dorian Thorn?

 

[googleback]

Sweet! that's something i'd like to read!

 

[DeepComet5581]

My avatar thanks you, Harvard.

A salute to the great Oscar Wilde.

*Salutes*

 

[bjj hero]

I'll be getting this. Ive read the penguin classics version 5 times.

It's truely sad that Wildes novels were used to convict him of being homosexual. It ruined him.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I dont know if this will go well in the US, since we just had that escapade to change Huckleberry Fin novel.

 

[Onomatopeia]

Sounds good. I haven't read the story before, so I might consider buying this one. Can never say no to a bit of homoeroticism.

Wait... something about that last sentence wasn't right...

This was the bit.

 

[ScoopMeister]

Sounds good. I haven't read the story before, so I might consider buying this one. Can never say no to a bit of homoeroticism.

Wait... something about that last sentence wasn't right...

This was the bit.

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. I would, however, like for that problem to be rectified in the forseeable future.

 

[Buck Wilde]

Associate Professor at VCU? This is relevant to my interests.

 

[The Imp]

Oscar Wilde may have been provocative and controversial back then but he doesn't hold a candle to Richard Laymon.