Oscar Wilde’s enduring masterpiece, this fable of innocence and corruption, purity and decay has become a true classic. The beautiful, narcissistic Dorian Gray, torn between the influence of cynical hedonist Lord Henry Wotton and tortured artist Basil Hallward, sells the beauty of his soul in exchange for external perfection. Ultimately, he cannot escape the disfigurement of sin. Wilde’s remarkable wit and memorable, epigrammatic lines dazzle in audiobook form!

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Brought to you by Penguin. *Audio narrated by Natasha Lunn, Roxane Gay, Greg Wise, Lemn Sissay, Juno Dawson, Melanie Reid, Stephen Grosz, Mira Jacob, Ayisha Malik, Sarah Hepola, Susan Quilliam, Emily Nagoski, Susie Orbach, Lucy Kalanithi, Isabela Laughland and Ricky Nixon* *THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'This book might just change your life' Sunday Times 'Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place' Stylist After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it? In Conversations on Love she began to find the answers: Philippa Perry on falling in love slowly Dolly Alderton on vulnerability Stephen Grosz on accepting change Candice Carty-Williams on friendship Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of loss Diana Evans on parenthood Emily Nagoski on the science of sex Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations Roxane Gay on redefining romance and many more... 'This book is a love letter to love in all its forms. It will make you see that love is truly the main point of life. To connect, to grow and to learn more deeply about ourselves through the people that populate the tapestry of our time here. Either for a reason, season or a lifetime." Daisy Edgar-Jones, star of Normal People 'A gorgeous, richly layered book about all forms of love. You can pick it up and turn to any page - literally any - and find a gem to soothe and fortify your soul' Pandora Sykes, Sunday Times bestselling author of 'How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?' 'Hopeful and uplifting... this deep dive into the human heart will expand and enrich your perspective on love' Evening Standard 'I underlined passages on almost every page of this wide-ranging, tender-hearted book' The Times, Books of the Year 'Uplifting... You'll laugh, cry and recommend it to your friends' Refinery29 'This eclectic and heartwarming collection explores love in all its forms, from romantic and parental love to friendship and loss' Observer 'Conversations on Love made me laugh, shed tears, think deeply. I want every person I love to read this book' Dr Kathryn Mannix, Sunday Times bestselling author of WITH THE END IN MIND © Natasha Lunn 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Conversations on Love

Dramatisations and readings of Pushkin's most famous works - plus biographical programmes and an original play based on his life One of Russia's most iconic poets, Alexander Pushkin is often described as the 'father of Russian literature'. A gambler, playboy and social reformer, he was exiled by the Tsar for his controversial poetry and died aged 37 in a duel defending his wife's honour. This BBC Radio anthology opens with full-cast dramatisations of his two masterpieces, Eugene Onegin and The Bronze Horseman, both set against the backdrop of his turbulent life. The former, set the night before the fateful duel, sees Pushkin (Geoffrey Streitfeild) telling his wife the story of St Petersburg socialite Onegin, his best friend, and the woman who loves him. In the latter, starring Max Irons, Pushkin's epic poem symbolising the battle between Tsar and citizen is interspersed with scenes depicting his own parallel struggles with state power. The inspiration for Rachmaninov's opera Aleko, The Gypsies is a powerful exploration in narrative verse of the conflict between freedom and love. Zemfira brings Aleko, a man running from the law, home to meet her father, but life in a gypsy camp is more challenging than he imagined. Read by Ralph Fiennes, Alex Jennings and Gabrielle Glaister. Set during the 'Time of Troubles' in the early 1600s, Pushkin's only full-length play, Boris Godunov, is a historical drama about the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who was Tsar from 1598 to 1605. It features a stellar cast including Alan Howard, Bill Nighy and Jane Lapotaire. His 'little tragedy', Mozart and Salieri, tells of the rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri, who was rumoured to have been behind Mozart's early death. Starring Paul Scofield as Salieri and Simon Callow as Mozart. Also included are four superb short stories - 'The Snowstorm', starring Janet Maw and Michael Maloney, 'The Squire's Daughter', read by Hattie Morahan, 'The Queen of Spades', featuring Moira Lister, Greg Wise and Amanda Root, and 'The Golden Cockerel', read by Alec McCowen. Finally, two bonus features chart Pushkin's extraordinary life and legacy. Soul of Fire: Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 comprises three hours of music, drama and biography, as presenter Gerard McBurney visits the places that were formative influences on Pushkin, and introduces dramatised excerpts from his work and operatic adaptations by Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Mussorgsky. And in the original drama Cloudberries, starring Linus Roache as Pushkin, poet Elaine Feinstein tells the story of the great Russian author, from his unhappy childhood to his untimely death. Contents Eugene Onegin The Bronze Horseman The Gypsies Boris Godunov Mozart and Salieri 'The Snowstorm' 'The Squire's Daughter' 'The Queen of Spades' 'The Golden Cockerel' Soul of Fire: Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 Cloudberries First published 1824 (The Gypsies), 1825 (Boris Godunov), 1830 (Mozart and Salieri), 1831 ('The Snowstorm', 'The Squire's Daughter'), 1833 (Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman), 1834 ('The Queen of Spades', 'The Golden Cockerel') © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

The Alexander Pushkin BBC Radio Collection

Pierce Egan's renowned 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell is a rollicking real tour of the sprawling post-Regency Metropolis in the years before the Victorians turned up and made everything boring. Comedy drama showing the 'fast life' of Regency London, starring Mark Gatiss, Greg Wise and James Bachman and Geoffrey McGivern as Pierce Egan. We travel through London town all in the company of garrulous author Pierce Egan, cocksure urbanite Corinthian Tom, his naive Somerset cousin Jerry Hawthorn and their drunken compatriot Bob. Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country. Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match. The lads of Regency London drink with the lower orders in the East End and generally get up to mischief around town. When Pierce Egan falls on hard times, will his adventures help him make his fortune or will this be the end of the trio's life together? When first published the popularity of Pierce Egan's book amounted to a craze, as society tried to guess the real life characters featuring in the tales. The celebrity obsession of the Regency period is depicted in this cleverly adapted comedy. Episodes In Training for a Swell The Fancy Mr Lushington High and Low Life The Show Folks An End to Life in London Cast Pierce Egan - Geoffrey McGivern Corinthian Tom - Greg Wise Jerry Hawthorn - Mark Gatiss Bob Logic - James Bachman Old Hawthorn - Christopher Douglas Corinthian Kate - Amanda Abbington Mrs Belcher / Fishwife - Laura Shavin Mr Primefit / Sir Richard / Actor - Dave Lamb Plausible Jack/ Jarvey / George Sala - Ben Graves William Hazlitt/Tom Cribb/ Hustle - Alex MacQueen Mrs Egan - Alys Torrence Lady Wanton - Morwenna Banks Fanny - Margaret Cabourn Smith Theodore Holt / Dick Trifle- Giles Taylor Mr Jonah / Pickpocket - Neil Edmond Production Credits Written by Pierce Egan Adapted by Dan Tetsell Music: Ben Walker Producer: Tilusha Ghelani First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 1st May, 8th May, 15th May, 22nd May, 29th May, 5th June 2006 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Life in London

Forty-five of Britain's best-loved poems, read by John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise and Emma Fielding. In a national poll conducted to discover Britain's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's 'If -' was voted number one. This unique anthology brings together over forty poems from the poll, including the top ten. Here is poignant war poetry (Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth', Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' and Siegfried Sassoon's 'Everyone Sang' ); romantic verse such as Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' and W. B. Yeats' 'When You Are Old'; Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear's great nonsense poems 'Jabberwocky' and 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat', and much more. Classics such as Wordsworth's 'The Daffodils' and Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shallot' sit alongside contemporary poetry like Allan Ahlberg's 'Please Mrs Butler' and Wendy Cope's 'Bloody Men'. Superbly read by John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise and Emma Fielding, this popular collection includes many of the very best examples of British verse, as chosen by poetry lovers nationwide. The poems included in this collection are: 1 'If -' by Rudyard Kipling, read by John Nettles 2 'The Lady of Shallot' by Alfred Lord Tennyson, read by Siobhan Redmond 3 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare, read by Greg Wise 4 'Not Waving but Drowning' by Stevie Smith, read by Siobhan Redmond 5 'The Daffodils' by William Wordsworth, read by John Nettles 6 'To Autumn' by John Keats, read by Siobhan Redmond 7 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' by William Butler Yeats, read by Emma Fielding 8 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, read by Greg Wise 9 'Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats, read by Siobhan Redmond 10 'He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by William Butler Yeats, read by John Nettles 11 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti, read by Siobhan Redmond 12 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray, read by John Nettles 13 'Fern Hill' by Dylan Thomas, read by John Nettles 14 'Leisure' by William Henry Davies, read by Emma Fielding 15 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes, read by Greg Wise 16 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell, read by Greg Wise 17 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold, read by John Nettles 18 'The Tyger' by William Blake, read by John Nettles 19 'Adlestrop' by Edward Thomas, read by Siobhan Redmond 20 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke, read by Greg Wise 21 'Sea-Fever' by John Masefield, read by John Nettles 22 'Upon Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth, read by Greg Wise 23 'How Do I Love Thee?' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, read by Emma Fielding 24 'Cargoes' by John Masefield, read by Greg Wise 25 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll, read by Emma Fielding 26 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by John Nettles 27 'Ozymandias of Egypt' by Percy Bysshe Shelley, read by Greg Wise 28 'Abou ben Adhem' by Leigh Hunt, read by John Nettles 29 'Everyone Sang' by Siegfried Sassoon, read by Greg Wise 30 'The Windhover' by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Siobhan Redmond 31 'Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night' by Dylan Thomas, read by John Nettles 32 'Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' by William Shakespeare, read by Siobhan Redmond 33 'When You Are Old' by William Butler Yeats, read by Emma Fielding 34 'Lessons of the War (To Alan Mitchell): Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed, read by John Nettles 35 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy, read by Emma Fielding 36 'Please Mrs Butler' by Allan Ahlberg, read by Emma Fielding 37 'Kubla Khan' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by John Nettles 38 'Home-Thoughts, from Abroad' by Robert Browning, read by Greg Wise 39 'High Flight (An Airman's Ecstasy)' by John Gillespie Magee, read by Greg Wise 40 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat' by Edward Lear, read by Emma Fielding 41 'The Glory of the Garden' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Greg Wise 42 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost, read by Siobhan Redmond 43 'The Way through the Woods' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Emma Fielding 44 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen, read by Greg Wise 45 'Bloody Men' by Wendy Cope, read by Siobhan Redmond ©1998 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)1998 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

The Nation's Favourite Poems

Julia Ford and Greg Wise star in this BBC Radio 4 drama about a husband who comes out as gay after 19 years of marriage Jack and Karen are an ordinary, happily-married couple. They've been together for years and are convinced every problem can be worked through. Until Karen finds an odd text on Jack's phone, and her confrontation leads to a shock revelation: Jack is gay, and he wants a male lover. Seeking stability for themselves and security for their teenage children, they settle on a 'closed loop' arrangement, whereby they stay together and Jack has a boyfriend. So begins a new type of marriage, where small deceptions and unspoken fantasies are replaced with radical honesty. But can they make this work for everyone? When Jack decides he wants to move on, and live his life openly as a gay man, it's time for more negotiations with Karen and the girls. How will Naomi and Ella deal with the seismic changes to their family? Scripted by award-winning writer Nicholas McInerny, this autobiographical look at modern relationships stars Greg Wise as Jack and Julia Ford as Karen, with Katriona Perrett as Naomi and Ellie Bindman and Izzy Watts as Ella. Among the supporting cast are John Sessions, Con O'Neill, Toby Sawyer, Daniel Crowder and Andrew Hayden-Smith. Production credits Written by Nicholas McInerny Produced and directed by Melanie Harris Sound designers: Eloise Whitmore and Alisdair McGregor Executive Producers: Polly Thomas and Jo Meek A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4 Cast Karen - Julia Ford Jack - Greg Wise Naomi - Katriona Perrett Ella - Ellie Bindman/Izzy Watts Cecily - Liza Sadovy Miranda - Liza Sadovy/Mary Doherty/Dona Croll Ben - Con O'Neill/John Sessions Malcolm - Toby Sawyer Tom - Toby Sawyer/Daniel Crowder Max - Andrew Hayden-Smith First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12-16 August 2013 (Series 1), 10-14 August 2015 (Series 2), 27 June-1 July 2016 (Series 3), 26-30 June 2017 (Series 4) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Full cast BBC Radio productions of five of C. S. Forester’s classic novels Most famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of his acclaimed novels, including The African Queen (famously adapted as an Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and The Gun, which was turned into the hit Hollywood movie The Pride and the Passion. The African Queen – East Africa, 1915. When missionary Rose Sayer’s brother dies and the German army invade their village, she finds herself thrown together with cowardly Cockney Charlie Allnut in his rickety steam-powered boat, The African Queen. Together, they brave German attacks, rapids, malaria and mechanical mishaps – but can they survive each other’s company? This radio dramatisation goes back to the novel, reinstating Forester's original ending and giving Charlie his Cockney identity back. Samantha Bond stars as Rose, with Toby Jones as Charlie. London Noir – Based on early novels by C. S. Forester, these three psychological thrillers take crime writing in a new direction by portraying ordinary, desperate people engaging in monstrous acts. Set in the 1920s, Payment Deferred centres around a bank clerk who commits a heinous crime to get out of debt, while Plain Murder sees three ad men plotting the ‘perfect murder’. And in The Pursued, it is 1935, and an elderly lady becomes obsessed with revenge when her daughter is found dead. Greg Wise narrates these chilling dramas, with casts including Sam Dale, Bryan Dick and Sophie Thompson. The Gun – This masterful historical drama tells the story of a massive 18-pounder gun that falls into the hands of Spanish partisans during the Peninsular War. Dragged across the mountains and plains of Spain, it becomes a potent symbol of pride and resistance – and changes the lives of those who fight each other to the death to gain control of it. Scott Arthur and Matthew Grevelle star in this gripping tale of guerrilla warfare. Text copyright C. S. Forester 1926 (Payment Deferred), 1930 (Plain Murder), 1933 (The Gun), 1935 (The African Queen, The Pursued) Cast and credits Written by C. S. Forester The African Queen Featuring Samantha Bond, Toby Jones, Stephen Critchlow, Mark Edel-Hunt, David Acton Adapted by Paul Mendelson Produced and directed by David Ian Neville Music composed and played by Gary C. Newman London Noir Dramatised by Paul Mendelson Produced and directed by David Ian Neville Music composed by Gary C. Newman Clarinet: Samantha Baldwin Payment Deferred Featuring Greg Wise, Sam Dale, Rebecca Lacey, Teresa Gallagher, Nick Underwood, David Thorpe, Sam Cummings, Emily Dolbear Plain Murder Featuring Greg Wise, Bryan Dick, Susie Riddell, Crawford Logan, David Seddon, Christopher Webster, David Holt, Cassie Layton, Imogen Barnes The Pursued Featuring Greg Wise, Sophie Thompson, Ben Crowe, Tessa Peake-Jones, Richard Lumsden, Carl Prekopp, Charlie Abbit, Cassie Layton The Gun Featuring Scott Arthur, Matthew Gravelle, Keiron Self, Don Gilet, Kevin Doyle Dramatised by Mike Walker Produced by Polly Thomas © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

C.S. Forester: The African Queen, The Gun and more

A collection of full-cast dramas from one of Ireland's foremost writers - plus Elizabeth Bowen's thoughts on the novelist's craft Elizabeth Bowen was one of the 20th century's most distinctive writers. An associate of the Bloomsbury Set, she was a keen observer of upper-middle-class life and relationships. Best known for her novels of the Anglo-Irish gentry and wartime London, her fiction displays recurring themes of loss, rootlessness and displacement. This collection contains five of Bowen's best-loved works, and hears from the author herself in three radio talks on the art of novel-writing. The Heat of the Day - London, 1942. When Stella discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling secrets to the enemy, she finds herself caught between two men: one a potential spy, the other a blackmailer... A compelling tale of love, espionage and betrayal, in one of the quintessential depictions of London during World War II, starring Harriet Walter, Michael Maloney and Bill Nighy. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 Nov 1998 The House in Paris - Even as she lays dying, scheming Madame Fisher manipulates the lives of young Henrietta and Leopold. But will her own secrets and lies ever be revealed? Sara Kestelman stars in this enthralling story of deception, scandal and death. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3-17 Jul 1994 The Last September - 1920, Danielstown, County Cork. Poised on the brink of womanhood, Lois flirts and dances with English officers at society parties- but the Troubles are closing in, and her world is about to change irrevocably. This evocative coming-of-age tale stars Anna Healy and Greg Wise. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9-16 Sep 1996 The Confidant - Starring Cathy Belton and Fionnuala Murphy, this penetrating short story, set in 1920s Cork, revolves around a couple in a clandestine relationship and the woman who keeps all their secrets. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 Nov 1998 The Demon Lover - Mrs Drover nervously returns to her deserted London house in the Blitz to find a letter on the hall table - a reminder of a special rendezvous she cannot fully recollect... Maggie Steed stars in Elizabeth Bowen's eerie ghost story. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 Jul 1997 Truth and Fiction - In these three talks about the art of writing fiction, Elizabeth Bowen discusses the importance of story, people and time in establishing a novel's 'truth'. First broadcast BBC Home Service Basic, 26 Sep-10 Oct 1956 NB: Due to the age of the source material, the sound quality of Truth and Fiction may vary The Last September copyright © Elizabeth Bowen 1929, 1952 Copyright renewed The House in Paris copyright © Elizabeth Cameron 1935 Copyright © renewed by Elizabeth D. C. Cameron 1963 The Heat of the Day copyright © Elizabeth Bowen 1948 Copyright © renewed by Spencer Curtis and Graham August Watson 1976 'The Confidant' and 'The Demon Lover' copyright © 1923, 1945 Copyright © Curtis Brown Ltd, 1980 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Elizabeth Bowen: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama Collection

Brought to you by Penguin. 'A classy debut' The Times 'Best thriller I've read all year' Tess Gerritsen Dr David Hunter hoped he might at last have put the past behind him. But then they found what was left of Sally Palmer . . . It isn't just that she was a friend that disturbs him. Once he'd been a high-profile forensic anthropologist and all too familiar with the many faces of death, before tragedy made him abandon this previous life. Now the police want his help. But to become involved will stir up memories he's long tried to forget. Then a second woman disappears, plunging the close-knit community into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia. And no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion. Gruesome and gripping, this startling new British crime thriller has an unnerving and original twist. © Simon Beckett 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2006

The Chemistry of Death

Three unabridged readings of original novels from the creator of Paul Temple. In The Desperate People, read by Neil Pearson, Philip Holt is determined to uncover the truth about the death of his brother, Rex, and those who were responsible for it. In Dead to the World, also read by Neil Pearson, Philip Holt's skills are again in demand after he meets Robert Scranton, a wealthy American, on a plane returning to England from the USA. In My Wife Melissa, read by Greg Wise, the wife of a journalist is found strangled, and all the evidence points to her husband as the culprit. It is up to Guy Foster himself to uncover the truth about his own wife and then find her killer. © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Francis Durbridge Investigates

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