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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author:
Oscar Wilde
Read by:
Michael Page
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Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
10
Narrator
4
Release Date
October 25, 2005
Duration
7 hours 0 minutes
Summary
Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018

When The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1891, it evoked a tremendous amount of hostile criticism, in most part due to its immoral content. Oscar Wilde was identified with the “art for art’s sake” movement of the nineteenth century which did not subordinate art to ethical instruction. However, this novel is indeed a morality tale about the hazards of egotistical self-indulgence.

“If it were I,” exclaims Dorian, “who were always to be young and that picture that was to grow old…I would give my soul for that.”

With that spoken, the tale of this young hero of amazing beauty, Dorian Gray, begins. His pact with evil allows his portrait to take on his many sins and degradations while his physical appearance remains youthful. Over the years as he becomes cruel and vicious, even murderous, Dorian’s young and perfect body is no longer enough to salvage his deteriorating mind and morality. Will justice and good prevail?

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Profile Avatar Sergio C. Mar 2021

This is my first audio version of this book I heard, and this classic is just as good as reading it. Give this beauty a chance of your curious about Dorian Gray

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