{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-an-annotated-uncensored-edition-hardcover","title":"The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicholas Frankel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited. It heralded the end of a repressive Victorianism, and after its publication, literature had--in the words of biographer Richard Ellmann--\"a different look.\" Yet the \u003ci\u003eDorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e that Victorians never knew was even more daring than the novel the British press condemned as \"vulgar,\" \"unclean,\" \"poisonous,\" \"discreditable,\" and \"a sham.\" Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, J. B. Lippincott \u0026amp; Company, Wilde's uncensored typescript is published for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novel's first editor, J. M. Stoddart, excised material--especially homosexual content--he thought would offend his readers' sensibilities. When Wilde enlarged the novel for the 1891 edition, he responded to his critics by further toning down its \"immoral\" elements. The differences between the text Wilde submitted to Lippincott and published versions of the novel have until now been evident to only the handful of scholars who have examined Wilde's typescript. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilde famously said that Dorian Gray \"contains much of me\" Basil Hallward is \"what I think I am,\" Lord Henry \"what the world thinks me,\" and \"Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps.\" Wilde's comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own, which saw Wilde sentenced to two years' hard labor for gross indecency. The appearance of Wilde's uncensored text is cause for celebration.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.6 x 9.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2011\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":51765244100896,"sku":"9780674057920","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a7121d5e7bcb4ef93fc97939250cdb0.webp?v=1780264846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-an-annotated-uncensored-edition-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}