# Event Details - **Event Name**: Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for another meeting of the Horror Classics Book Club, where new discussions are had around old favorites.About this EventFor our February meeting of the Horror Classics Book Club, we will be covering The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. While many have engaged with The Picture of Dorian Gray personally or in academic spaces, fewer have ecountered this earlier version of Oscar Wilde's landmark text-- without the vast redactions made by his editors, who feared societal backlash.Come prepared to share your thoughts during our lively discussion around the fire.More about this edition:More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores all of the material removed by the book’s first editor.Upon receipt of the typescript, Wilde’s editor panicked at what he saw. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find “offensive”–especially instances of explicit homosexual content. He proceeded to go through the typescript with his pencil, cleaning it up until he made it “acceptable to the most fastidious taste.” Wilde did not see these changes until his novel appeared in print. Wilde’s editor’s concern was well placed. Even in its redacted form, the novel caused public outcry. The British press condemned it as “vulgar,” “unclean,” “poisonous,” “discreditable,” and “a sham.” When Wilde later enlarged the novel for publication in book form, he responded to his critics by further toning down its “immoral” elements.Wilde famously said that The Picture of Dorian Gray “contains much of me” Basil Hallward is “what I think I am,” Lord Henry “what the world thinks me,” and “Dorian what I would like to be–in other ages, perhaps.” Wilde’s comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own repressive Victorian era. By implication, Wilde would have preferred we read the uncensored version of his novel today. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/horror-classics-book-club-the-uncensored-picture-of-dorian-gray/100001980614153249 - **Event Categories**: meetups - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The Twisted Spine - **lat**: 40.7127873 - **long**: -73.957273 - **full address**: The Twisted Spine, 306 Grand Street, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1dd32eb2569f4cd1ba02f575050c2ee250c88f475d17cc95d71a65c93f3929d8-rimg-w1200-h600-dcd4eeec-gmir.jpg?v=1768488437 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY being held? - **A:** Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY takes place on Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm at The Twisted Spine, 306 Grand Street, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY? - **A:** Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY is organized by The Twisted Spine. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Horror Classics Book Club - THE UNCENSORED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1dd32eb2569f4cd1ba02f575050c2ee250c88f475d17cc95d71a65c93f3929d8-rimg-w1200-h600-dcd4eeec-gmir.jpg?v=1768488437", "startDate": "2026-02-19", "endDate": "2026-02-19", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/horror-classics-book-club-the-uncensored-picture-of-dorian-gray/100001980614153249", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Twisted Spine", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "306 Grand Street", "postalCode": "11211", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.7127873", "longitude": "-73.957273" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for another meeting of the Horror Classics Book Club, where new discussions are had around old favorites.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-19", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/horror-classics-book-club-the-uncensored-picture-of-dorian-gray/100001980614153249" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/horror-classics-book-club-the-uncensored-picture-of-dorian-gray/100001980614153249", "price": 0, "name": "Free RSVP" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Twisted Spine", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-twisted-spine/26621106", "description": "NYC's first bookstore for Horror and Dark Literature. 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