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Wilde's portrait of subtle control - Eileen Battersby

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"Considering his leanings towards theatricality and excess, Oscar Wilde brought unexpected artistic discipline to ‘ The Picture of Dorian Gray ’, this year’s choice for the Dublin: One City, One Book campaign."
 
"The story, with its echoes of Baudelaire and Poe, is shocking and ironic."
 
"The Picture of Dorian Gray is the culmination of the Irish Gothic."
 
Read more from Eileen Battersby in the Irish Times, Wednesday, 7 April