"At the Ball" is a novel by the outstanding English writer Oscar Wilde, revealing the life of high English society in the 19th century. The main plot leitmotif is the search for true love and the revelation of the double life of the higher world. The book impresses not only with bright images and a lively plot, but also with a philosophical subtext that ridicules and reveals the shortcomings of social stereotypes with complex satire. Because of the writer's laconic, but deep style, every line of "On the Ball" is openwork and intoxicating, as if it were a sophisticated secret that the author offers his readers to solve.