HAPPY PRINCE, THE: AND OTHER TALES

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

There is no peace for the malevolent Canterville ghost when an unruly American family takes over his ancestral home.

DE PROFUNDIS, & THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

'De Profundis' is a bitter reproach, written from prison to his former love, Lord Alfred Douglas. 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' is a deeply moving poem about the woes of prison life.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

First performed on 14 February 1895, this most popular of Oscar Wilde's plays is a farcical comedy of confusions of identity. Also included are rare recordings of John Gielgud reading poems by Donne, Shelley, Byron, Kingsley, Rossetti, Tennyson and Shakespeare.

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME AND OTHER STORIES

A palmist’s prediction leads to murder; an enigmatic woman’s lifestyle is a mystery to be solved; a ghost tries to frighten the new tenants of his home; a man has discovered the dedicatee of Shakespeare’s Sonnets; a millionaire wants to be painted as a pauper. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories is a collection of fascinating short stories which are subversive as well as entertaining. Also included in this audiobook is The Birthday of the Infanta from A House of Pomegranates. An ugly dwarf loves a beautiful princess, but how will his feelings fare in a cruel society

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Dorian Gray is an extremely good-looking young man., who has his portrait painted. One evening he realises that soon his beauty will fade and he makes a deal with the devil that he will retain his youth and his portrait will grow old.