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Cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In-Person and Virtual Program

2025-06-24 18:00:00 2025-06-24 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, June 24
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-24 18:00:00 2025-06-24 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

West Hollywood Library

Meeting Room

Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. For adults.

This is a hybrid event and will be hosted in-person in the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room as well as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the meeting via email.

https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-Goqz4uGNNbzVuW720zsRrGxTK1VeLG

West Hollywood Library's LGBTQ+ Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works of relevance and interest to the LGBTQ+ community.

Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the book. eBook and eAudiobook are available through hoopla digital (no wait) and Libby app/OverDrive.

Summary provided by the publisher:

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succès de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | LGBTQ+ Pride | Book Club |

West Hollywood Library

Phone: 310.652.5340

Hours
Mon, May 19 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, May 20 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, May 21 11:00AM to 7:00PM
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Fri, May 23 10:00AM to 6:00PM
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About the branch

West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

The new library was dedicated October 1, 2011.

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