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    Oscar Wilde, His Life & Confessions is an excellent biography written by Wilde's long-time friend and benefactor in the end, Frank Harris. A more recent book, the exhaustively researched The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde by Neil McKenna, reveals who the young man is on whom the character of Dorian Gray is based, namely John Gray. Wilde met John Gray in 1889. Gray was an exquisitely beautiful young man, a minor poet and writer and lover of men as was Wilde. Oscar was to be John's protector and patron for the next three years. He paid John the great tribute of immortalizing him in The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was well-known amongst Oscar's friends and contemporaries that John Gray was the model for Dorian Gray. The single letter in existence to Oscar from John Gray is signed "Dorian" by Gray. And Oscar referred to John Gray as "Dorian" when in the company of their mutual friends. Also of note is that Oscar substituted the name "John" with "Dorian" becasue of its suggestive double-entendre. The Dorians were a tribe of ancient Greece who were famous for their custom in which and older man became the lover and the teacher of a male youth.
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    White Oleander by Janet Fitch
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    I'm sure I'm leaving some out, but off of the top of my head: Laura All About Eve Lost in Translation Marie Antoinette The Full Monty Roman Holiday Brief Encounter The Enchanted Cottage The Postman Always Rings Twice A Christmas Carol A Christmas Story Mr. Mom Sabrina E.T. Sunset Boulevard The Celebration (Festen) White Heat Babette's Feast Mildred Pierce
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    Hi Suzanne! I've already replied to your P.G. Wodehouse thread, so I know we have a love for his stories in common. The biography of Eva Braun you are reading sounds fascinating...what do you think of it so far?
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    P G Wodehouse

    Wilde Lily replied to sib's topic in The Classics

    I love PG Wodehouse. I especially adore the Jeeves and Wooster stories. Even when I'm reading in public, I can't help but laugh out loud. Simply delightful!
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    I've been away from the forum for some time, Genevieve. Thanks for the message - I just now received it. :)

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    he brought back memories of a little dog named "Toto" from ....
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    with her broom began to....
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    calico cat who was snickering at the sight of the mess. It wasn't long before....
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    Fight Club by by Chuck Palahniuk - unsettling The Collector by John Fowles - dark and frightening
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    In Love and War (1996) starring Sandra Bullock as the nurse Ernest Hemingway falls in love with while he is an ambulance driver in WWI. Chris O'Donnell played Ernest Hemingway. Boring!! It was so awful that I got up and left the theater in the middle of the movie. Sandra Bullock was not the actress for this role.
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    Hi Scarlette, and welcome. :) I'm glad that I'm not the only one who liked Anne Rice's Violin. Have you read Cry To Heaven? I liked that one, too. Interview With the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat are also among my favorites. :)

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    Do I smell cookies?!! :flowers2:Welcome Scarlette! I love your user name. I like your avatar, too - is that Edward Gorey?
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    That's a mysterious introduction. Greetings and welcome!
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    Ben, I'm so very sorry to hear of your aunt's passing. You ae in my thoughts and prayers. :friends0: ~ Liz

     

    I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! ~ Victor Hugo

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    Bronwen, I'm so sorry to hear of the tragic loss of your cousin. My thoughts are with you. :friends0: ~ Liz

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    Thanks very much for the invite! :)

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    Hi Marianne! You'll love it here, I'm certain.
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    Hi, I'm Liz. I hope you're making yourself at home. I haven't even been here a month, but everyone's so nice I feel as if I've been here for years. :)

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    Hi Panda Girl! You'll love it here -I know I do.
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    I did read 'Tis but I haven't yet read Teacher Man. It's on my wish list. :readingtwo:

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    You've flown into the Book Club Forum's web, and there's no escape. Welcome!
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    Poppy and Rawr, I've never read those poems before. Lovely, very lovely.
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    Thanks for the link for the Kimmidolls, Paula. Now where's my credit card.......?

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    I just read your list of favorite movies. Your list is as long as mine.:) I'm glad to see you liked Lost in Translation. I absolutely adore that movie!

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