{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-9781789559620","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart of the \u003ci\u003eLegend Classics \u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInitially met with controversy and censorship, \u003ccite\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/cite\u003e is the only novel by the incomparable Oscar Wilde. It is bursting with his trademark wit, his love of art, and his embrace of life and all it has to offer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorian, fearful of age and the subsequent fading of his beauty, expresses a wish: that a glorious oil portrait of him suffers the burden of age, and not him. He would sell his soul for it. Unfortunately for him, the wish is granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Dorian, Oscar Wilde weaves an unforgettable tale about the punishment of excess and misplaced desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in an exquisite blend of the Gothic and the philosophical, this fable about our obsession with the aesthetic unravels a horrifying truth: it is not if, but when and where our sins will manifest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eLegend Classics\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003cbr\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003cbr\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003cbr\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003eThe Railway Children\u003cbr\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003cbr\u003eFrankenstein\u003cbr\u003eWuthering Heights\u003cbr\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003cbr\u003eThe Time Machine\u003cbr\u003eLittle Women\u003cbr\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003cbr\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003cbr\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories\u003cbr\u003eDracula\u003cbr\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003cbr\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003cbr\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003cbr\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003cbr\u003eStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003cbr\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003cbr\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003cbr\u003eOliver Twist\u003cbr\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003cbr\u003eTreasure Island\u003cbr\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003cbr\u003eEmma\u003cbr\u003eThe Trial\u003cbr\u003eA Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allen Poe\u003cbr\u003eGrimm Fairy Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legends Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789559620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38471378501813,"sku":"9781789559620","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6134937a-e03a-4986-a9c5-5001098df938.jpg?v=1612929580","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-9781789559620","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}