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The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Narrator
- Simon Callow
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 15 June 2005
- Run Time
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Classic plays / drama, Paintings and painting, Individual artists, art monographs, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary theory, Ethical issues, topics and debates
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What to expect
The classic of eternal youth.
'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'
Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide.
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“Simon Callow’s reading is amusing and poignant.”
Sunday Telegraph 7/12/97
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Details
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Narrator
- Simon Callow
- Duration
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 June 2005
- ISBN
- 9780007219001
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Classic plays / drama, Paintings and painting, Individual artists, art monographs, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary theory, Ethical issues, topics and debates
Synopsis
The classic of eternal youth. 'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide.
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