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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel - editor
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in audio. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel's first editor, who feared it would be "offensive" to Victorians.

©1962, 2000, 2011 The Estate of Oscar Wilde; Additional content copyright 2011 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College (P)2021 Tantor Action & Adventure Classics European World Literature Scary
Engrossing Story • Provocative Perspectives • Excellent Narration • Thought-provoking Content • Classic Literature
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I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I listened to a couple of classics over the last while and this one really stands out. Oscar Wilde was a great writer.

Edoardo Ballerini does an exceptional job with the narration. If one can follow narrators on Audible then he would be one of the first I follow.

As for missing chapters that other reviewers mention, that doesn't seem to be the case. This is the uncensored version with 13 chapters whereas the revised version has 20 chapters. Which is correct.

Surprisingly Good

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Dorian's wish to remain as young as his portrait becomes a curse.
The artist's love for Dorian is what was primarily edited out--shamefully as it's essential to the plot. Some fine prose has been restored.

A classic restored

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Dorian Dorian Dorian what have you done?! The more I called him more he turned further away from me…

We own Oscar Wilde an apology

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Unable to follow with the book, missing a lot of information that the book covered but not the audio.

Missing chapters

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This is a wonderful book and performance. It is more a piece for our time than when it was published. The introductory matter does an excellent job of providing context for why the book was altered before publication.

Having it in the Plus catalog has allowed it to become on the top of my list of books to listen to.

A wonderful book and performance

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One of the greatest novels of the 19th century. A brilliant performance from the narrator as well. If I could follow narrators, I'd be sure to follow this one. Would highly recommend both

A classic restored to what it should've been

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American narrator unsuitable. Inconsistent articulation of accents which was annoying and distracted from the beauty of the story. Pronunciation of 'Dorian' and words such as 'often' and 'coffee', amongst many others, was problematic. Please use British narrators for these classics.

Unfortunate narration

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I loved the part where he begs for help to destroy evidence and the chemist won't help him.

The contrast between goodness and evil

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One of my favorite written books and now a favorite Audible Book. Definitely ranks in my top ten of literature. A book that everyone should read and now listen to with great moral appreciation and a lesson to be learned about knowledge of one’s self and the healing power of conscience if heeded and the demise of the Soul and Human Heart if ignored.

A Great Book by a Great Artist

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Wilde has such an incredible gift for delivering deep, provocative perspectives of life while simultaneously maintaining an engrossing story. The wit he gives Lord Henry balances such lofty opinions, preventing him from being read as a dull pretentious character.

The narrator was phenomenal and I assume he is some kind of actor. Each character has a different voice making it a much more lively read (I read the book whilst listening). His pronunciations of the decent amount of French terms and excerpts used was flawless. There were only some moments where I read the line with a slightly different emotion or tone than that used by the narrator but that’s just the subjectivity of dialogue in novels.

Enjoyable and Thought Provoking

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