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  • Going to the Dogs Since 1890

    In Oscar Wilde’s the Picture of Dorian Gray which was published in 1890 there is a memorable paragraph where Dorian’s friend Lord Henry goes to see his uncle in London (I’ll provide the quote from Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this blog post). The paragraph is memorable because it features a common conversation theme…