The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
It was the portrait of a very handsome young man, Dorian Grey, whose appearance was absolutely perfect. So, the artist, as a person with a sharply developed feeling of beauty, was in love with this excellence, with this unbelievable perfection, with this embodiment of grace. Admiring this magnificence during the process of creating the picture, the painter has put too much of himself into this portrait, that’s why he didn’t want to exhibit it, he just couldn’t share it with other people, he thought that the public is too vulgar to appreciate this beauty and he was also afraid, that someone will notice his feelings.