The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray Audiobook By Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel - editor cover art

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 World Literature European Classics Scary Action & Adventure
Wonderful Story • Provocative Perspectives • Exceptional Narration • Thought Provoking • Flawless French Pronunciation

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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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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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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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