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Er..what's ok? Haha, let me know if there's anything on your mind; I'm terrible at maintaining focus online but a message or two will alert me =]

Oh, hi! Pardon my late response, icy Dallas and work never make a good combination. What's up? http://blog.gadgethelpline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kirby.jpg

Oh my. Lovecraft isn't light-weight reading at all. Any novels you recommend on your end? My favorite short novel/fiction to this day is Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist"!

Haha, well all books have their dull and interesting moments. It's been a long time since I've read Dorian Gray; forgot which pages can be skipped. If you like ambiguous novels with very open endings, "Heart of "Darkness" by Joseph Conrad might be another one to consider. Just..er..don't take it too much on race depictions; Conrad wrote it during the colonial era and some of his descriptions of Africa aren't exactly..politically correct today.

Depends on which edition? The Penguin Classics edition of that book has 276 pages. Then again, I am a sucker for stories on human morality so I'm not sure if that page length is too long for you.

Well, if you've come across Faust, Heart of Darkness, or Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, it's along the same vein. Wouldn't want to spoil the story but in essence, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" uses the said picture as a symbol of the protagonist's soul. Each vice corrupts the picture but not the protagonist himself =]