{"product_id":"picture-of-dorian-gray-revised-paperback","title":"Picture of Dorian Gray (Revised) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNorman Page\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Oscar Wilde's famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Wotton to sell his soul in order to hold on to beauty and youth. Dorian succumbs and murders the portrait painter Basil Haliward, who stands between him and his goal. Though in the end vice is punished and virtue rewarded, the novel remains one of the most important expressions of \u003cem\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/em\u003e decadence. It is in the preface to the expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/em\u003e that Wilde coined the most famous expression of his aesthetic: \"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well-written or badly-written. That is all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike other Broadview Editions, this edition includes a wide range of materials from the period that help to set the text in context. In particular, the editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes); and in relation to the gay subculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Oscar Wilde's famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Wotton to sell his soul in order to hold on to beauty and youth. Dorian succumbs and murders the portrait painter Basil Haliward, who stands between him and his goal. Though in the end vice is punished and virtue rewarded, the novel remains one of the most important expressions of \u003cem\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/em\u003e decadence. It is in the preface to the expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/em\u003e that Wilde coined the most famous expression of his aesthetic: \"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well-written or badly-written. That is all.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Like other Broadview Editions, this edition includes a wide range of materials from the period that help to set the text in context. In particular, the editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes); and in relation to the gay subculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNorman Page\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has written numerous books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, has also edited \u003cem\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/em\u003e for the Broadview Literary Texts series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.49 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427344728242,"sku":"9781551111261","price":28.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b640c908c24d56c2673129660efd17e7.webp?v=1778522123","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/picture-of-dorian-gray-revised-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}