Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; ... Zobraziť viac
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succès de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895... Zobraziť viac
Arguably the greatest novel of the twentieth century, James Joyce's Ulysses remains as much of a shocking and redemptive testament to the human condition as it was when it was first conceived in 1914... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body, this classic horror... Zobraziť viac
The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde once said, "Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it." From his outsize celebrity in Victorian London to his authorship of fiction, drama and poetry that uniquely captured his era, it's fair to say... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt... Zobraziť viac
The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is the next edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, featuring works from the famous gothic American writer. His works span from 1827 to his death in 1849. His often macabre and dark works included ... Zobraziť viac
Dubliners, Joyce's first major work and written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1890, Oscar Wilde's story was regarded as dangerously modern in its portrayal of fin-de-siecle decadence. Dorian is a modern-day Faust; his tempter is Lord Wotton who lives selfishly for amoral pleasure, and ... Zobraziť viac
This series provides a wide variety of reading materials for all learners of English. The books are retold versions of popular classics and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories. Zobraziť viac
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce... Zobraziť viac
These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include ´The Happy Prince´, who was not as happy as... Zobraziť viac
Canterbury Classics gives a new look to this controversial classic! The Picture of Dorian Gray is a familiar story of greed, sin, and arrogance. A young man, infatuated with his own handsomeness and youth as depicted in a perfect portrait... Zobraziť viac
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his... Zobraziť viac
Joyce's final work, Finnegan's Wake is his masterpiece of the night as Ulysses is of the day. Supreme linguistic virtuosity conjures up the dark underground worlds of sexuality and dream... Zobraziť viac
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the gardens of Baskerville Hall. Beside him are the footprints of a giant hound. It’s a classic mystery for the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio... Zobraziť viac
The Hound of the the Baskervilles. Oxford Bookworms Library 4 es del autor Conan Doyle, Arthur y trata de Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or practise their English... Zobraziť viac
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, ... Zobraziť viac
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys... Zobraziť viac
Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day 16th June 1904 in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin, the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, ... Zobraziť viac
