truly thought Dorian Gray was going to be Somber and Horror and Scary and instead it’s one dude wailing “WHEN I GET MY FIRST WRINKLE I WILL LITERALLY KILL MYSELF” the victorians had us BEAT on pure TRASH

the first time a woman is mentioned it’s solely for three paragraphs on how women are USELESS except for FOOLING the menfolk through MAKEUP to SHAPESHIFT no one in this book is straight

thank you all for coming on this journey of discovery with me i can’t wait to learn what dramatic foolery Tale of Two Cities is about next

dorian gray asks the very important question: are oxford men good for literally anything? in this paper i will

if one more person in my DMs tries to explain to me all the Deep Things about Victorian Lit that I am Not Understanding i will scream

yes we are all aware of the cool literary innovations going on people like you are why the classics turn casual readers off i said what i said