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The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Narrator
- Ben Barnes
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Fiction: gothic, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
- Rating
- 4.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Ben Barnes, star of the film adaptation of Dorian Gray, also known for his roles in Westworld and The Chronicles of Narnia. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robert Mighall.
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 novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
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Details
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Narrator
- Ben Barnes
- Duration
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9780241423240
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Fiction: gothic, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
- Rating
- 4.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Ben Barnes, star of the film adaptation of Dorian Gray, also known for his roles in Westworld and The Chronicles of Narnia. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robert Mighall.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 novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
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