It's not even that gay

>>24554025 (OP)
the first page is one of the gayest things I've ever read.

>>24554025 (OP)
why is there a painting of becquer there?

>>24554025 (OP)
Why are homos so vain they cannot bear to grow old and ugly? It's like they're desperate old women and hate the fact they'll die alone without any kids

>>24554044
Oscar had kids tho (which he completely ignored)

>>24554025 (OP)
Why is Becquer the cover lmao

>>24554025 (OP)
Gay themes weren't even directly referred to. Those puritans would have had an aneurysm if they read any Greek text; now, that's gay.

>>24554091
I need to reread it, but I thought there were hints that some of Dorian's victims were male. Not just the painter.

>>24554115
There are some references to Dorian "dishonoring" his guests (which doesn't have to be interpreted as homosexual, necessarily). In Xenophon you'll read about Greek soldiers sodomizing pre-pubescent Thracian boys.

>>24554091
There are literal gay sex scenes in the book...

>>24554025 (OP)
>And he fell into decadence and did... awful things anyhow now it's time for him to pay for said... awful things

Bravo Oscar

>>24554203
>>>24554091
>There are literal gay sex scenes in the book...
we read this in honors english class, a long time ago. I remember we had to be told about the gay references. So no, there are not any "gay sex scenes". References, allusions only.
OP: isn't it the "portrait of Dorian Gray"? I thought picture, was a later development.

>>24554025 (OP)
>It's not even that gay
It's gayer than Freddie Mercury's cum dripping out of George Michael's arsehole.

>>24554025 (OP)
If one reads this and interprets it as gay, it says more about the reader than the text. If you've interpreted it that way, you've made a subconscious choice, which means that it's really YOU who is gay

>>24554025 (OP)
The man in tbe cover is Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, a spanish poet

>>24554025 (OP)
>>24555106
Dorian was blonde tho or am I misremembering