 Thoughts on The picture of Dorian Gray Oscar wilde starts the book with a preface, which forestalls any judgements that the reader could have made just reading the story. His wit, his cunning, his aesthetic shines through the plot. Even as he is weaving this unconventional tale, one could feel his caution, sometimes to the point where you begin to wonder that he embarks on a perilous journey and he arrives pretty unscathed in the end. He tries hard to be extraordinary, to break free yet in the e Thoughts on The picture of Dorian Gray Oscar wilde starts the book with a preface, which forestalls any judgements that the reader could have made just reading the story. His wit, his cunning, his aesthetic shines through the plot. Even as he is weaving this unconventional tale, one could feel his caution, sometimes to the point where you begin to wonder that he embarks on a perilous journey and he arrives pretty unscathed in the end. He tries hard to be extraordinary, to break free yet in the e