The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapters 1-3

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Tim’s back, friends—and it’s time for a new book! So join us as we dig into Oscar Wilde’s infamous novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Discussion this week focuses on questions of biographical criticism with a book like this, the role that the character of Lord Henry plays in the structure of the novel, what the book does well and where its shortcomings might be, and much more! Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm David Kern.
0:04.3	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.7	And I'm Tim McIntosh.
0:07.7	And you were listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Inicurable Reader on which we are discussing for the first time.
0:13.7	Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
0:16.5	A novel we've been circling, it's been discussed for a long time.
0:20.5	It gets brought up and, you know,
0:22.5	lists that people wanted us to do. It gets requested and all that and has for a long time. And here
0:27.1	we are. Coming to the end of summer, and we're going to conclude summer with the picture of Doreen
0:31.4	Gray, which somehow feels right. First, though, Tim, you are back, and it's good to see your face on the Zoom. Good to hear your voice in my headphones. It's good to have you back on the show. It's been a few months. It has been four as a matter of fact. Well, maybe more than that, because I stopped before Arden was born, maybe a month before Arden was born, so maybe it's been five months.
0:54.8	Is that possible? Because Arden's four months now.
0:57.7	I guess we've seen you because you were at the event last weekend, you were at the
1:03.5	retreat, you were at the surrogate conference. So you haven't been on the show in any capacity
1:09.3	three times. Other than...
1:11.3	Okay.
1:14.6	Right?
1:15.1	Yeah, I guess that makes sense.
1:16.2	I mean, the listeners will confirm that.
1:17.4	But Tim, it's great to have you back.
1:19.2	Thank you.
1:19.9	It's nice to be back.
1:22.0	And Heidi, how are things going for you?
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