The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The Picture of Dorian Gray was controversial when it first came out, and that was the heavily edited version. This is the unedited version, the way Oscar Wilde intended it, and it is worth exploring even if you’ve read the original published manuscript.

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.

Editorial Reviews

Paris Review - Sadie Stein

Now, for the first time, we can read the version that Wilde intended...Both the text and Nicholas Frankel's introduction make for fascinating reading.

PopMatters - Catherine Ramsdell

The Picture of Dorian Gray is just as spine tingling, relevant, and original now as it was in 1891. From the compelling story to the musicality of the prose to the symbolism, The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is a great read.

Toronto Star - Marcia Kaye

Oscar Wilde just got a little wilder.

Bangkok Post - Michael Ruffles

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is the latest edition of Wilde's only novel, but it is also the first. Editor Nicholas Frankel has followed the manuscript Wilde submitted to Lippincott's magazine in early 1890. Frankel poured over the original typescript and about 3,000 handwritten words Wilde added to it, restoring subtle but important romance between the three lead characters… The effect is not radical…but it is noticeable, and the book is more satisfying for his efforts… Frankel's uncensored version is closest to what Wilde intended before editors and hostile critics intervened, and it is also the most pleasurable to read… The Picture of Dorian Gray is a haunting, beautiful and important novel.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176458329
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	06/22/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	946,463

Videos