{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe portrait which Basil Hallward painted of Dorian Gray revealed the face of Adonis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he saw the finished picture of himself, the beautiful young aesthete exclaimed: 'Why should it keep what I must lose? Every moment that passes takes something from me, and gives something to it. Oh, if it were only the other way! If the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now!' His perverse aspiration was strangely fulfilled. Abandoning himself to every sin which his profligate mind could devise, the wealthy and exquisite young man brought misery and disgrace on all who accepted his companionship, but Dorian Gray still wore the outward appearance of serene beauty. It was upon marks of degeneration mysteriously appeared, for the painting of Adonis slowly transformed into the likeness of a satyr. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis celebrated fantasy is developed as vividly as one of Edgar Allan Poe's macabre narratives, and the climax is fulfilled in murder and suicide. But although \u003cem\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray \u003c\/em\u003eranks as a tense and full-blooded story, it is distinguished also by the habitual brilliance of Oscar Wilde's witty and epigrammatic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover shows an engraving by Cecil Keeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eHorror - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eClassics - Fantasy - Gothic - LGBT - 19th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eFirst published in 1891. This edition published in 1982 by Penguin Books. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e248\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e0140006168\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 151g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Wilde, Oscar","offers":[{"title":"Pocket-Sized Paperback: 18 x 11 cm","offer_id":41852763340886,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20241017_133420.jpg?v=1729804865","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}