{"product_id":"against-nature","title":"Against Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoris-Karl Huysmans is most famous for this novel AGAINST NATURE and he predicted it would be a failure with the public and critics: \"but I don't give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before, and I shall have said what I want to say.\" The book created a storm of publicity; though many older critics were scandalised, it appealed to the young generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painter Whistler called it a \"marvellous\" book. Oscar Wilde regarded it as his \"Bible and bedside book.\" It was to him \"one of the best I have ever seen.\" It was reviewed everywhere as the guidebook of Decadence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAGAINST NATURE is the \"poisonous French novel\" that leads to the downfall of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. The book's plot dominated the action of Dorian, causing him to live a life of sin and hedonism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781460904626\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1945.01","offer_id":47915948703921,"sku":"SB-1460904621-C3","price":1945.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1460904621.jpg?v=1789536352","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/against-nature","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}