{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-1","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The horror, whatever it was, had not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous beauty'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esuccès de scandale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"City Reads Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51647570411826,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/0746\/1170\/files\/IMG_0981.jpg?v=1787657314","url":"https:\/\/cityreadsbookstore.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-1","provider":"City Reads Books and Stationery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}