{"product_id":"the-mysterious-portrait-nikolai-gogol-9781535329811","title":"The Mysterious Portrait","description":"\"The Portrait\" is the story of a young and penniless artist, Andrey Petrovich Chartkov, who stumbles upon a terrifyingly lifelike portrait in an art shop and is compelled to buy it. The painting is magical and offers him a dilemma to struggle to make his own way in the world on the basis of his own talents or to accept the assistance of the magic painting to guaranteed riches and fame. He chooses to become rich and famous, but when he comes upon a portrait from another artist which is \"pure, faultless, beautiful as a bride\" he comes to realize that he has made the wrong choice. Eventually, he falls ill and dies from a fever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikolai Gogol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1535329815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781535329811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.08d","brand":"Nikolai Gogol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124646441215,"sku":"9781535329811","price":5.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2705f77-f81f-47e0-a5b5-4f1a0e75ceae.jpg?v=1687438011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mysterious-portrait-nikolai-gogol-9781535329811","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}