{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-oscar-wilde-9781438787374","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"The first version of The Picture of Dorian Gray was published as the lead story in the July 1890 edition of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, along with five others. The story begins with a man painting a picture of Gray. When Gray, who has a \"face like ivory and rose leaves\", sees his finished portrait, he breaks down. Distraught that his beauty will fade while the portrait stays beautiful, he inadvertently makes a Faustian bargain in which only the painted image grows old while he stays beautiful and young. For Wilde, the purpose of art would be to guide life as if beauty alone were its object. As Gray's portrait allows him to escape the corporeal ravages of his hedonism, Wilde sought to juxtapose the beauty he saw in art with daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438787375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438787374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IBP USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439145660671,"sku":"9781438787374","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d402b1d3-cb71-4cc5-9c63-91f6e74a0689.jpg?v=1777175735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-oscar-wilde-9781438787374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}