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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The poor old Canterville Ghost does not know what to do. His work is to frighten people, but the Americans who have just moved into Canterville Chase are not frightened by anything he does to them. Things get even worse when the young twins start to play tricks on him. The Canterville Ghost is three hundred years old. He is very tired, but he cannot rest. He would like to stop frightening people…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 243 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 245) Аннотация: «Sempre più Dorian Gray si innamorava della sua stessa bellezza, con sempre maggiore interesse seguiva il corrompersi della sua anima...» fino a uccidere la sua immagine e se stesso. Sinistra vicenda di magie, delitti e sdoppiamenti di personalità, «Il ritratto di Dorian Gray» non è solamente un romanzo dell'orrore e una profonda riflessione sul tema filosofico del doppio, ma il…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This title comes with an introduction and notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor. The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gathered from the celebrated wit's plays, essays, and conversation offer an entertaining selection of observations both comic and profound. Organized by category, the nearly 400 quotes range in subject from human nature, morals, and society to art, politics, history, and more.

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with the help of a selfless Swallow helps people in distress. As well as The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket, this collection contains The Selfish Giant, a remarkable story of the redemptive power of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: «Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences. The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Three of Oscar Wilde's most popular short stories. The Canterville Ghost. 'You'll be sorry you bought the house', people told Mr Hiram B Otis. 'Everyone knows that a ghost lives there'. But the Otises are a modern American family and they don't believe in ghosts. The Model Millionaire. Hughie Erskine has every talent except one. He can't earn money. And without money, he can't marry Laura Merton.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: ‘He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in … the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms’ Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners – the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde’s name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide…