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Title: The Life of Oscar Wilde
Author: Hesketh Pearson
Narrator: Simon Russell Beale
Format: Abridged
Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-26-00
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians
Publisher's Summary:
This is the remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed temperament to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical society...
Editorial Reviews:
"Esoteric prurience... Stupid and vulgar... Delights in dirtiness... Garish vulgarity..." These are snippets of reviews of Oscar Wildes masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). As poor Oscar would find out, similar words would be spoken about his life, particularly regarding his sexual inclinations. Noted British actor Simon Russell Beale gives profound voice to this sad biography of one of the true geniuses in English letters.
Originally published in 1946, The Life of Oscar Wilde is regarded as critical in rehabilitating Wildes reputation. This recording graciously provides modernist music in between chapter breaks: Note the pleasantness of the strings accompanying Wildes cozy childhood, and the minor key descent as Wilde ages. The production of this fine audiobook does Wilde - and the listener - a great service.
