The Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Bob Neufeld

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly 500 words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.

Public Domain (P)2017 Paperless

Just some thoughts...

An interesting story but, be careful. As fiction it contains a lot of untruthful statements that are easy to believe. Kind of a reflection of our current state of affairs.