{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, 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 \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences?biographical, historical, and literary?to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e brings his enormous gifts for astute social observation and sparkling prose to \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\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.\u003cp\u003eTaking the reader in and out of London drawing rooms, to the heights of aestheticism, and to the depths of decadence, \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamille Cauti, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is an editor and literary critic who lives in New York City. She is a specialist in the Catholic conversion trend among members of the avant-garde in London in the 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47625453535487,"sku":"*R0006750*","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5251143482755.jpg?v=1764878802","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}