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Question 1

Roger Luckhurst

Answer 1

Victorians, trained in moral physiognomy, believed that sin was written on the body, so despite the ugly rumours, no one can believe anything ill of the unageing beauty of Dorian’

Question 2

Larry J Kreitzer

Answer 2

The picture tracks each sin and underlines each evil act committed by Dorian through its slow but relentless transformation into an object of unspeakable hideaouness.’

Question 3

Robert Louis Stevenson-

Answer 3

“man is not truly one but truly two”

Question 4

Alex Ross

Answer 4

Lord Henry, a Mephistophelean aesthete who seems to become Wilde’s mouthpiece’

Question 5

Barbara Gates

Answer 5

Wilde’s reveals a fractured place where everyone is doomed to untimely death’

Question 6

Daily Chronicle

Answer 6

-‘Dullness and dirt are the chief features of Lippincott’s this month’

Question 7

Greg Buzwell -

Answer 7

Dark desires and forbidden pleasures are at the centre of The picture of Dorian

Question 8

St James’ Gazette

Answer 8

“It constantly hints at disgusting sins and abominable crimes