Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray

by Nicole Audrey Spector, Oscar Wilde

First published to sensational scandal amidst accusations that the novel was hedonist, unclean, and depicted distorted views of morality The Picture of Dorian Gray was a hit back in the day. In 1890 the Daily Chronicle wrote that Wilde's novel "will taint every young mind that comes in contact with it." Well Victorian critics, gird your loins and prepare to meet Audrey Ember's Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray hotter, lewder, sexier, steamier, and more morally corrupt than Oscar Wilde's original story!

Rediscover this celebrated novel as it traces the moral degeneration of a beautiful young Londoner seduced by art and beauty into a cruel and reckless pursuer of pleasure. Meet artist Rosemary Hall and follow her inevitable downfall brought by her lust for the famous Dorian Gray--a tale both familiar and new in this brilliant erotic mash up of one of the world's most beloved novels.

With a mix of old fashioned Victorian debauchery and erotic 21st century lust this cleverly sexed-up classic will leave you wanting more!

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2012

About the author

Nicole Audrey Spector is a writer and editor who lives in Brooklyn with her dog Netta, and her cat, the extremely popular Fellow. She contributes weekly to the New Yorker's nightlife section, among other publications, and co-runs the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in Manhattan. ~ Skyhorse Publishing.

Reviews

[Anon · Rating 1 out of 5]

********DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!!!!! THIS BOOK IS SHIT!!!!!************

IF YOU HAVE ANY SHRED OF DIGNITY, YOU WILL AVOID THIS SHIT BOOK FOR ALL COST!!!

THIS BOOK IS SHIT BECAUSE:

1) Author is self-inserting herself (character a bitch)
2) butchers the original story and characters
3) shitty, unrealistic (almost laughable) sex scenes
4) Author is talentless hack that can't write for shit
5) ruined my MOST FAVOURITE BOOK!!!!!!

WARN OTHERS BEFORE THEY READ THIS SHIT!!!! IT COULD SAVE A LIFE!!!!

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[Regina Organ · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like porn this is it

[Niya · Rating 1 out of 5]

While I should have known better than to have any expectations of good prose from something that aligns itself with 50 Shades, the fact that Wilde is listed as an author gave me a little bit of hope. The concept of an erotic fiction version that involves Dorian's preserved physical beauty and the irretrievably corrupt soul was and remains an appealing one. The delivery fails on every single note. Dorian is two dimensional, his anguish is easily dismissed.

The rest of the characters are unremarkable at best (in a strangely misogynistic way - they can either be perfectly virtuous virgins who are eager to please but are shocked by a spanking, or time ravaged whores who grow increasingly unattractive because they approach life like their male counterparts). Had the quality of language been impressive, I may have forgiven the whole thing - but the fact that the author (like so many) cannot tell the anatomical difference between the vulva and the vagina made the entire reading process even more irritating.

I am sad to have wasted the little time I did reading this, and even more sad that an excellent concept was so poorly realized.

[Claire · Rating 1 out of 5]

Atrocious.

Expected the original book with added "shades". Didn't even get that. Characters were loosely based on characters in the book, I was confused the whole way through.

Spector claims this is a collaboration with Wilde. I found this completely insulting after reading. I hated her use of modern prose throughout "ass"?? Come on!!!

Regret reading although to be fair to the author, I should have expected less from a fifty shades theme.

Spector has ruined her writing career before it even started.

[Rich Steeves · Rating 5 out of 5]

The classic mash-up genre hits a new high with this steamy, witty version of the Wilde classic. Spector does more than just drop hot scenes (though they are hot) into Wilde's text. She puts her own fresh spin on the story of Dorian Gray, folding in layers that echo Fifty Shades and adding clever touches. An enjoyable read, and I look forward to what Spector comes up with next!

[Taryn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I knew vaguely what I was getting into based on the title, but my curiosity as a Wilde devotee led me to finish it. Hard to imagine the person who would actually like this--and I feel quite sure Oscar wouldn't have either.

[Ella · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is totally corrupted like the portrait of dorian gray itself.

[Dana Preb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disgusting, pointless and definitely not worth reading!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

well written. enjoyed the fact there was a storyline and not just porn.

[For Books' Sake · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray is Nicole Audrey Spector’s first book, a ‘collaboration’ (as Spector calls it) with Oscar Wilde and his fin-de-siècle masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

It seems to be the offspring of the trend for literary mashups from a few years ago (Sense and Sensibility and Sea-Monsters, anyone?), and publishers’ desperate hunt for anything that can take Fifty Shades of Grey’s place in our collective masturbatory fantasies, if not its position in the Amazon charts." (Excerpt from full review at For Books' Sake.)

[Amanda Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I never have (and never will) read Fifty Shades of Grey I was pleasantly surprised by this novel as I had the good fortune to read the original book. It had really interesting and detailed erotic moments and I felt really bad for Rosemary, this was an entertaining read.

[Melody · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was just enough sex that I feel no need to read Fifty Shades of Gray (Grey? I'm not sure) while at the same time combining one of my favorite novels in a satirically ridiculous way.

[Charlotte · Rating 1 out of 5]

review to come.

[Kandre]

I wanna know how i can read this book... Cause there are somes books that i cant read, its not free??

[Michele · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh, please.

[Janie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a bit long...3 books. It could have been shorter. VERY graphic sex, but there was a story that kept me interested to see how it ended.

Read: Oct/Nov 2012

[Seralie Bonett · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read for all those fifty shades fan. However, there are better books... I still recommend it a light read.

[Gemma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finished. It was shit.

[Emily Drennan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is undoubtedly the worst book I’ve ever read ever please purge it from my brain immediately it’s blasphemous I hate it ohmigod it’s so bad.

[ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

This feels offensive both to The Picture of Dorian Gray and to Fifty Shades. (I strongly dislike Fifty Shades.) How did a woman write this?

[Vaibhav Vds · Rating 2 out of 5]

The worst read of my life!
This was pathetic.