The Picture of Dorian Gray: Final Chapters

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The final pages of The Picture of Dorian Gray are pretty wild, packed full of famous scenes and images, so join David, Heidi, and Tim as they discuss the demise of several characters, the question of conscience in the end of the story, and what the prologue can tell us about the conclusion. As always, happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.5	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.7	And I'm Tim McIntosh.
0:07.2	You are listening to Close Reads, a podcast for The Incurable Reader on which we are discussing
0:12.2	the picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
0:14.8	We're going to be discussing the final chapters, the final drama, the final Gossip drama.
0:22.6	That's right.
0:24.6	I'll like that idea.
0:26.6	Let's just kind of linger in the air for a second.
0:28.6	And we're back.
0:30.6	We're all back.
0:32.6	And speaking of which, we are all back.
0:34.6	Thanks to you two for holding down the fort last week while I was gone.
0:36.6	I'm sure the conversation was,
0:39.1	and actually I did listen to some of it,
0:40.4	so it was very interesting.
0:42.4	We're going to discuss the final chapters here.
0:46.1	And...
0:46.9	What did that mean?
0:48.5	It was really interesting.
0:49.4	It was like a code word.
0:51.9	Right.
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