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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • By: Oscar Wilde
  • Narrated by: Stephen Fry
  • Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (431 ratings)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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Oscar Wilde's only published full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal youth. As Basil Hallward, an aspiring artist, puts a few touches on a portrait of his handsome young friend Dorian Gray, Gray wishes that the portrait might grow old while he remains forever young. While Dorian Gray spends his life pursuing fresh experiences and new sensations, his looks do not change. However, the portrait, secretly hidden in the attic of his residence and with which he has grown increasingly obsessed, does. More and more, as Dorian struggles to hide his true identity, the portrait reveals his progressive pathway to dissolution.

Public Domain (P)1999, 2017 Audio Literature / Phoenix Books
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its not the real book

it's good it's just not the actual book. chapter 11 in this one lines up with chapter 3 in the real one. the words are not the same.

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you will certainly enjoy this book

way good.

way better written than this review.

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The best version of a classic

Stephen Fry’s performance is wonderful. One of the best audiobooks ever recorded. The fact that this may be the best novel ever written doesn’t hurt.

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One of the best audiobooks ever

I think this is the best audiobook that I heard so far. Stephen Fry is, with no doubt, the best reader here in Audible.

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Incredible Story with Excellent Prose

Beautiful to listen to and as always Stephen Fry does an incredible job bringing the work to life. Highly recommend!

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Great Narration

I've always been an Oscar Wilde fan, but never read Dorian gray. Excellent book, with wonderful narration. When I saw that it was narrated by Stephen Frye, I had to get it and listen, and I'm glad I did.

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Excellent

Definitely deserves to be a classic. Asks pertinent and meaningful questions about life and morality.

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Loved this!

My eight-year-old daughter and I go on road trips around the country and one dark, cloudy day we decided to start listening to this audiobook. We found ourselves listening to it through the whole night and loved it! I don’t mean to imply that this is a book for children, but that it is timeless. If an eight year old in 2023 can enjoy this, that says some thing!

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Incredible performance of a chilling classic!

I never tire of hearing Stephen Fry bring classic literature to life. A brilliant interpretation.

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I love Stephen fry

I cannot get enough of frys voice. the way he brings the characters to life is mesmerizing and I have never felt more pulled into the world as when I listen to the way he sees it.

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