The Picture of Dorian Gray (Cover to Cover Classics)

Oscar Wilde, Edward Petherbridge (Read by)

$29.95

Publication Date: August 10th, 2010

Publisher:

BBC Audiobooks

ISBN:

9781602838789

Pages:

Description

Basil Hallward, an artist, meets Dorian Gray and paints his portrait. The artist is so infatuated with Dorian's beauty that he begins to believe it is the reason for his quality of art. Dorian becomes convinced that beauty is all-important and wishes his portrait could age instead of him. But each time Dorian commits a sin his portrait ages, showing him what is happening to his soul.

About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin and Magdalen College in Oxford where he was an exceptional classical scholar. In 1878 he won the Newdigate Prize for his poem "Ravenna." He published his first volume of Poems in 1882. His only novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray, " was published in 1891. A renowned playwright, his work includes the comic masterpieces "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "The Importance of Being Earnest."