{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e is Oscar Wilde’s classic decadent gothic masterpiece about beauty, youth, vanity, temptation and moral decay. First published in 1890 in \u003cem\u003eLippincott's Monthly Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the book published the following year was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDorian Gray is young, beautiful and easily enthralled by Lord Henry Wotton’s glittering ideas about pleasure. When Basil Hallward paints his portrait, Dorian wishes that the image might age in his place. The wish comes true. As he drifts through luxury, corruption, cruelty and crime, his face remains untouched while the hidden portrait records every stain on his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautiful deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Irvine Welsh, presents Oscar Wilde’s decadent Gothic novel in a hardback with foiled covers, marbled endpaper, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon: a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e striking gift for Wilde readers, Gothic fiction fans and collectors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54510586528083,"sku":"9781529954234","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/9781529954234.jpg?v=1786120561","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}