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SUMMARY:Prism Initiative Book Club: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Come be part of our monthly book club held on the second Tuesday of every month at The New Castle Prism Initiative! \nEach month\, we’ll dive into a new novel to read and discuss together. \nThis month’s pick: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde \n✨ Bring your thoughts\, your favorite snacks to share\, and an open mind! \nBook Club is free and open to everyone. \n🗓️ Tuesday\, March 10\, 2026\n⏰ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n📍 1315 E Washington Street\, New Castle\, PA \nSynopsis:\nMore than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine\, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores all of the material removed by the book’s first editor. \nUpon receipt of the typescript\, Wilde’s editor panicked at what he saw. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find “offensive”—especially instances of explicit homosexual content. He proceeded to go through the typescript with his pencil\, cleaning it up until he made it “acceptable to the most fastidious taste.” Wilde did not see these changes until his novel appeared in print. Wilde’s editor’s concern was well placed. Even in its redacted form\, the novel caused public outcry. The British press condemned it as “vulgar\,” “unclean\,” “poisonous\,” “discreditable\,” and “a sham.” When Wilde later enlarged the novel for publication in book form\, he responded to his critics by further toning down its “immoral” elements. \nWilde famously said that The Picture of Dorian Gray “contains much of me;” Basil Hallward is “what I think I am\,” Lord Henry “what the world thinks me\,” and “Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages\, perhaps.” Wilde’s comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age\, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own repressive Victorian era. By implication\, Wilde would have preferred we read the uncensored version of his novel today. \nBook Club is done in partnership with the New Castle Public Library. You can access the book through the library 📚
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/prism-initiative-book-club-the-uncensored-picture-of-dorian-grey-by-oscar-wilde/
LOCATION:The Castle Consortia\, 700 7th Street\, McKees Rocks\, PA\, 15136\, United States
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