{"product_id":"oscar-wilde-the-portrait-of-dorian-gray-pb","title":"Oscar Wilde - The Portrait of Dorian Gray (PB)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Biographies of the authors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Footnotes and endnotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Comments by other famous authors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Bibliographies for further reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Indices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOscar Wilde brings his enormous gifts for astute social observation and sparkling prose to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. This dandy, who remains forever unchanged—petulant, hedonistic, vain, and amoral—while a painting of him ages and grows increasingly hideous with the years, has been horrifying, enchanting, obsessing, even corrupting readers for more than a hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking the reader in and out of London drawing rooms, to the heights of aestheticism, and to the depths of decadence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not only a melodrama about moral corruption. Laced with bon mots and vivid depictions of upper-class refinement, it is also a fascinating look at the milieu of Wilde’s fin-de-siècle world and a manifesto of the creed “Art for Art’s Sake.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ever-quotable Wilde, who once delighted London with his scintillating plays, scandalized readers with this, his only novel. Upon publication, Dorian was condemned as dangerous, poisonous, stupid, vulgar, and immoral, and Wilde as a “driveling pedant.” The novel, in fact, was used against Wilde at his much-publicized trials for “gross indecency,” which led to his imprisonment and exile on the European continent. Even so, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e firmly established Wilde as one of the great voices of the Aesthetic movement, and endures as a classic that is as timeless as its hero.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Purchases","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265793732829,"sku":"9781593080259","price":55.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/51UBFgV28wL._SY522.jpg?v=1785175249","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/oscar-wilde-the-portrait-of-dorian-gray-pb","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}