"Shagreen Skin" is another novel from the "Scenes of the Life of Paris" of the large cycle "Human Comedy," written by O. de Balzac in 1830-1831. The author draws a picture of the life of a common man, whose fate intertwined with the ancient mystical talisman of the mysterious East. Illustrations for the novel were created by a French artist of the XIX century. Charles Ward. His works emphasize the social orientation of the work.