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I received it earlier this week but was too busy to post. Now that I am extremely hung over I shall Tom Send a noteboard - 06/05/2011 07:57:16 PM
I think that the book is a wonderfully produced work for anyone who is interested in Wilde or Dorian Gray in particular. It has fantastic portraits, photographs of period objects (like a Vesta cigarette-case, a hansom cab, a brougham, styles of clothing) and scenes from the novel in painting or sketch form. It also has notes regarding events and people that are being referred to, often quite obliquely.

There are only 62 textual changes, most of them very minor, and so I think that talking about a "different book" or a "different version" is a bit disingenuous. The casual reader wouldn't even notice the changes, and even a careful reader would probably miss about 90% of them (e.g., in one spot, "him" is replaced with "Gray" to avoid confusion).

The "Uncensored" tag is just yet another marketing ploy.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray available for the first time in ages? - 28/04/2011 10:20:57 AM 1049 Views
Do you think the original text should replace the standard, or go into the footnotes? - 28/04/2011 11:12:33 AM 772 Views
They are both historical documents - 28/04/2011 12:03:34 PM 729 Views
That was the question I was asking myself - 30/04/2011 03:40:35 PM 851 Views
I think that it should be let alone! - 04/05/2011 03:23:24 AM 1041 Views
"left alone", not "let alone". - 06/05/2011 07:35:54 PM 790 Views
I'm excited! I can't wait to read the uncensored version - 04/05/2011 04:03:46 PM 1051 Views
So what's the uncensored content? - 04/05/2011 06:41:56 PM 785 Views
I received it earlier this week but was too busy to post. Now that I am extremely hung over I shall - 06/05/2011 07:57:16 PM 780 Views
I will probably buy it - 06/05/2011 10:09:13 PM 733 Views
You would appreciate it. - 07/05/2011 01:43:35 AM 743 Views

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