So when is Lord Henry going to start sleeping with Dorian? "...left for a stranger to reveal himself to himself." And what will happen to poor Basil? He'll be forced to have drinks, something with strawberries in it, in the garden alone. zelda139 is right though, other Edwardian works were not littered with the morality speeches, but they were also far more drama filled. Frankenstein and Dracula were suspense books, everything had to be shocking.