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The abridged downloadable audiobook edition of Oscar Wildes classic tale of corrupted innocence and debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray, read by John Moffatt. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succs de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.

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LADY CAROLINE: Creo que ésta es la primera casa de campo inglesa en la que vive usted, ¿verdad, miss Worsley?HESTER: Sí, lady Caroline.LADY CAROLINE: Me han dicho que tienen ustedes casas de campo en América. HESTER: No muchas.LADY CAROLINE: ¿Y tienen ustedes lo que aquí llamamos campo?HESTER (Sonriendo): Tenemos el campo más grande del mundo, lady Caroline. Suelen decirnos en la escuela que algunos de nuestros estados son tan grandes como Inglaterra y Francia juntas.LADY CAROLINE: ¡Ah! Supongo que sí. (A sir John.) John, deberías ponerte la bufanda. ¿De qué sirve que yo siempre esté haciéndote bufandas, si luego tú no las usas?SIR JOHN: Tengo mucho calor, Caroline, te lo aseguro. LADY CAROLINE: Creo que no, John. Bueno, no podía usted haber venido a un sitio más encantador que éste, miss Worsley, aunque la casa es excesivamente húmeda, de una humedad terrible, y la querida lady Hunstanton a veces no está muy acertada en la elección de la gente que invita aquí. (A sir John.) Jane hace demasiadas mezclas. Lord Illingworth, desde luego, es un hombre de gran distinción. Es un privilegio conocerlo. Y ese miembro del Parlamento, míster Kettle¿