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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late 19 th century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become. A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel ... |
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Ниво: B1 / B2 ... Боби Ръд има посещение от непознат. Неговата история отвежда Боби в Лос Анджелис и миналото му. Един стар случай е повдигнат отново. Направил ли е грешка тогава? И може ли сега да опази красивата Ейми? Детективският роман съдържа много обяснения на думите, географската информация, загадки и задачи. В центъра на криминалната поредица за читателките и читатели с основни познания по английски (B1 / B2) стои полицейският детектив Боби Ръд. Едно опитно и упорито ченге от големия град се връща към своите корени и трябва да се справи със спокойния живот във Флорида. Но там все още има един случай... ... |
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North America - 1898 to 1910. Five stories with unusual endings. They are about - criminals and their crimes, detectives and their investigations, lovers and their hopes. This book is in British English. ... |
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Based on the story of James Fenimore Cooper . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... The year is 1757. The English and the French are at war in North America. Two sisters - Cora and Alice - want to visit their father, General Munro. They begin their dangerous journey with the handsome English officer, Duncan Heyward and the Indian guide, Magua. On the way they meet friends and enemies, and many adventures. Some people will be heroes and some people will die. And what will happen to their friend Uncas, the last of the Mohican Indians? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun ... |
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Оказва се, че на пръв поглед сложната картинка е съставена от логически свързани помежду си дървени елементи. Пет от картинките, например, са плодове, други пет са само морски животни, а някои са само превозни средства. Можеш да ли откриеш всички тях и да ги подредиш в една редичка? За твое улеснение можеш да погледнеш и шарените плочки отляво, където са събрани всички животни от даденият вид. Забавлявай се докато търсиш, подреждаш и назоваваш различните дървени плочки с предмети, животни, фигури, плодове, насекоми и превозни средства, и развиваш своята концентрация и логическо мислене! ... |
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International Bestseller. ... Let's face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg's father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other "manly" endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father's efforts to change him. But when Greg's dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up... or get shipped out. This is the third book in Jeff Kinney 's phenomenally successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. ... |
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Based on the story of Oscar Wilde . Retold by Jill Nevile. ... "When we are happy, we are always good", says Lord Henry, "but when we are good, we are not always happy." Lord Henry's lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good, a world where anything can be forgiven - even murder - if it can make people laugh at a dinner party. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 10.245 ... |
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Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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Рен Хопър е преживял доста житейски травми и търси място, където да избяга от демоните на миналото си. Трийсетгодишният мъж зарязва градския живот и става парков рейнджър в Йелоустоун. Задълженията му са колкото делнични, толкова и вълнуващи: да следи за бракониери, да спасява деца на немарливи родители от разгневени лосове, да поддържа мира между местните хора и ордите туристи в последната запазена екосистема на Северна Америка. Рен не е съвсем сам в своето идилично усамотение - той спечелва доверието и приятелството на Хили, прочута естествоизпитателка. Когато един ден я намира полужива в челюстите на вълчи капан, Рен ... |
