{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-deluxe-hardbound-edition-9789354402173","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray: Deluxe Hardbound Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SOUL IS A TERRIBLE REALITY. IT CAN BE BOUGHT AND SOLD AND BARTERED AWAY.\" Meet Dorian Gray, the beautiful young man with an impossibly charming face and spirit. As he sits for Basil Hallward-- a deeply moral artist and a friend of the impish Lord Henry-- who becomes obsessed with his beauty and wants to paint him, Dorian is enchanted by the perfection of his portrait. \u003cbr\u003e But, influenced by the well-phrased epigrams of the hedonist Lord Henry on the transience of youth and beauty, Dorian becomes jealous of it and wishes that the portrait bear the scars of his passing youth and age, while he would remain young forever. \u003cbr\u003e And alas, his wish comes true!\u003cbr\u003e Enticed into dissolution and degradation while his portrait is aging in the attic, Dorian engages in scandals and sinful pleasures. We see him go from good to evil. But is he any happier? \u003cbr\u003e This is a leather-bound deluxe edition of the only novel written by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an arresting moral commentary and a classic example of Gothic fiction. With an unparalleled depiction of the Faustian bargain, this parable of aesthetic ideal remains a literary masterpiece almost 125 years after its publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fingerprint! Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354402173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049741549749,"sku":"9789354402173","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_080f8b71-d6b3-46d4-bcba-e999c4ac9a7c.jpg?v=1689693635","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-deluxe-hardbound-edition-9789354402173","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}