The Picture of Dorian Gray edition of the novel; nonetheless, by June 1891, Wilde was defending "The Picture of Dorian Gray" against accusations that it was a bad book. In the essay "The Artist as Critic", Oscar Wilde said that: In the 19th century, the critical reception of the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890) was poor. The book critic of "The Irish Times" said, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was "first published to some scandal." Such book reviews achieved for the novel a "certain notoriety for being 'mawkish and nauseous', 'unclean', 'effeminate' and 'contaminating'." Such moralistic scandal arose from the novel's homoeroticism, which
Dorian Leigh food shops, according to a profile in "The New York Times" by Enid Nemy. She also worked with Martha Stewart in the early 1980s. Dorian wrote two cookbooks, "Pancakes: From Flapjacks to Crepes" (1987) and "Doughnuts: Over 3 Dozen Crullers, Fritters and Other Treats" (1994) at the age of 77. In 1980, Dorian published an autobiography, "The Girl Who Had Everything" (Doubleday). According to Dorian, she wrote her autobiography for her late son: "I really wrote it for Kim, who will never read it. But perhaps other Kims and their parents may learn from my unhappy experiences". Dorian died in