The Picture of Dorian Grey

"Prince Paradox" is one of the widely known "titles" Oscar Fingala O"Flarty Wilde. The paradox was a favorite technique, an instrument, and sometimes a writer’s weapon. Filled contradictions is also the only novel he wrote.
It is so saturated with dialogues that it could well become a play. Many considered the "portrait of Dorian Gray" "served aesthetics", although one of Wilde"s reputable biographers emphasized:" Aesthetics was not a religion for Wilde, but a problem. The "dirty" book, which many publishers refused to take to the press, served as "evidence", one of the arguments of the prosecution in the court, where Wilde was guiltered by a crime against morality. But the novel contains an unambiguous and artistically convincing moralization message. Critics found a lot of imperfections in the book, but from the moment of publication in 1890 to date, it continues to captivate all new generations of readers.
Illustrations for the novel were made by the famous St. Petersburg graphic artist Olga Grabblevskaya specifically for a real publication