{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray","title":"The Picture Of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The horror, whatever it was, had not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous beauty'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 1890 - Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54133939568950,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-5309.jpg?v=1781819852","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}