{"product_id":"picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde","description":"\u003cp\u003e A luxurious gift edition of Oscar Wilde's classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, presented with gold foil embossing and gilded page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this cautionary tale, the handsome Dorian Gray wishes that his portrait should age rather than himself, and then launches on a life of excess and depravity, with shocking consequences. This timeless novel about the frailty of human beauty and sensual experience and the futility of vanity remains as powerful today as when it was first published in 1891. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esuccès de scandale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"English \/ Hardcover; 224 pages","offer_id":52789273919773,"sku":"9781398812178","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/2637\/8269\/files\/2993bd567c5c994d2ba21fcb5afa9c8ec39ffe214974e754b7ae9986886ad1c1.jpg?v=1787237850","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmarkedpaperie.com\/products\/picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde","provider":"Bookmarked ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}