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“To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.”

This book club ran from January 24 to June 13, 2023. It has now been archived, but here you can still read all the chapters with accompanying pen & ink illustrations! (or get it as a physical copy) :)

If you’re in the mood for another book club, check out Jekyll & Hyde Weekly, which serializes Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novel!

Or if you’re interested in a small daily comic, check out

, the (mostly) daily comic of a stick figure human!


FAQ

Q. When does it start?
A. The first entry is on January 24, 2023. That’s when you’ll get the first email!

Q. When does it end?
A. The last entry is June 13, 2023.

Q. I didn’t sign up before the book club started. Is it too late to join?
A. You’re welcome to join at any time! You can catch up on earlier chapters here, in the archives.

Q. Who are you?
A. Dorian Gray Weekly is run by Sara Barkat, illustrator of The Yellow Wallpaper Graphic Novel. After participating in Matt Kirkland’s Dracula Daily, and continuing the fun by starting Jekyll and Hyde Weekly (and subscribing to a ton of other classic lit newsletters by other people) I started to think, “I wonder if anyone will start serializing The Picture of Dorian Gray?

If you’d like, you can keep tabs on more of my projects on Noelle Notions on substack.


You can now get this version of The Picture of Dorian Gray, with all its little illustrations, as a physical book! Like so

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