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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. A Victorian London tale of aestheticism, youthful vanity, and moral decay—where beauty masks corruption and art bares the soulBy Oscar Wilde
Length3h 29m
About this audiobook
The Picture of Dorian Gray follows a beautiful youth whose portrait bears his corruption while he remains outwardly unmarked. Wilde blends Gothic fable, society comedy, and philosophical dialogue into a Faustian study of desire, influence, and the ethics of looking. Lush, epigrammatic prose situates the tale within fin-de-siècle aestheticism and decadence, in conversation with Huysmans's À rebours, the dandy tradition, and the Victorian moral novel it subverts. An Irish classicist shaped by Walter Pater's aesthetic doctrine, Wilde drew on metropolitan wit and a critic's eye for respectability. First published in Lippincott's Magazine (1890) and expanded in 1891 with a defiant preface, the novel tests "art for art's sake" against publicity, sexual secrecy, and moral panic. Its worldly aphorisms and painterly scenes reflect his dual vocation as dramatist and art critic. Readers seeking a concise yet inexhaustible meditation on beauty, conscience, and celebrity will find this novel indispensable. It rewards courses in Victorian literature, Gothic fiction, and aesthetics, and invites debate in ethics and queer studies. Return for the glitter of its sentences and the chill of its fable—and for the unsettling truth that surfaces can enthrall while the portrait tells what we deny.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length3 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
6The Picture of Dorian Gray (pt. 1)
2Introduction
7The Picture of Dorian Gray (pt. 2)
3Synopsis
8Analysis
4Historical Context
9Reflection
5Author Biography
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