https://castbox.fm/ch/1214563 en-us 36cbe78224c84caebe7bbedea040f34b 1214563 Emily Z. Chiang emily.zhi.chiang@gmail.com Education,Technology no Greetings Ladies, gentral Gentlemen, Lords, Viscounts, and the virtues. Do please enjoy this version of Oscar Wilde's only published novel and ponder on the vices and virtues of what defines hedonism and influence. ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Under the hedonistic influence of Lord Henry, Dorian fully explores his sensuality. He discovers the actress Sibyl Vane, who performs Shakespeare plays in a dingy, working-class theatre. Dorian approaches and courts her, and soon proposes marriage. The enamoured Sibyl calls him "Prince Charming", and swoons with the happiness of being loved, but her protective brother, James, warns that if "Prince Charming" harms her, he will murder him. 00:38:09 album-93736dd120094eedaa8a8f6051ed1bd3-dcf1b7e98cb5445fa976a3096b2d03a8 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:21:34 +0000 71114591 no Greetings Ladies, gentral Gentlemen, Lords, Viscounts, and the virtues. Do please enjoy this version of Oscar Wilde's only published novel and ponder on the vices and virtues of what defines beauty. ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Our novel begins on a beautiful summer day in Victorian era England, where Lord Henry Wotton, an opinionated man, is observing the sensitive artist Basil Hallward painting the portrait of Dorian Gray, a handsome young man who is Basil's ultimate muse. While sitting for the painting, Dorian listens to Lord Henry espousing his hedonisticworld view, and begins to think that beauty is the only aspect of life worth pursuing. This prompts Dorian to wish that the painted image of himself would age instead of himself. 00:35:06 album-93736dd120094eedaa8a8f6051ed1bd3-1a5d5afcbbd345f0b8aa229da04549d1 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:03:28 +0000 71113841 no