The picture of Dorian gray (new translation)

"The picture of Dorian gray" is the most famous work of Oscar Wilde, his only novel that caused at the time a barrage of negative ratings and yet had incredible success.
.The protagonist of the novel, the handsome Dorian, a figure ambivalent, ambiguous. Thin aesthete and romantic becomes a ruthless criminal. The attempt to preserve its extraordinary beauty and youth had been a failure. Instead of the hero of ages his portrait – but it can't last forever, and the death of Dorian puts everything in its place.
.The novel of Oscar Wilde continues to be very relevant today – is the pursuit of eternal youth sometimes turns a loss its true face?