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Acknowledged as Wilde’s most perfect comedy, brilliant and subversive, The Importance of Being Earnest has even been considered to anticipate the ‘drama of the absurd’ of the twentieth century. Guided » ...mai mult

The publication in 1890 of Wilde’s only novel led to a furious public debate over art and morality. Dorian Gray’s double life in elegant high society and in London’s most degraded slums express the » ...mai mult

Art contrasted with Nature, and outer ugliness with inner beauty, are just two of the themes featured in this collection of six tales, including The Canterville Ghost, The Remarkable Rocket, and – for » ...mai mult

The ten stories in this new edition progress through the four aspects of turn-of-the-century Dublin life intended by Joyce – childhood, adolescence, mature and public life. A fully revised and extended » ...mai mult

These short stories by Graham Greene, Kate Chopin, Bernard MacLaverty, Roald Dahl and Shirley Jackson – all with a surprise ending – explore themes such as appearances and reality, prejudices and beliefs, » ...mai mult

A Christmas Carol is the first and the most famous of the five books that Dickens wrote to celebrate the spiritual values of Christmas.

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English. The ‘English’ literature of the ex-colonies » ...mai mult

Stefan Zweig beschreibt seine Welt und die Welt um ihn von der ruhigen „Zeit der Sicherheit“ um 1880 bis zum Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Im Wien der Habsburger geboren, erlebt der Autor die Katastrophe » ...mai mult

Salvador, un joven de 17 años, decide apuntarse junto a su amigo Roberto a un campo de voluntariado juvenil en Galicia. Allí conoce también a Carmen, una voluntaria italiana. En medio de un paisaje » ...mai mult

Ten strangers are invited to a beautiful house on Soldier Island. Then one of them is murdered. They learn that they cannot leave the island, and nobody is as innocent as they seem. They are all in danger » ...mai mult

This is the story of James Joyce, a writer who overcame the limitations of poverty, nationalism, religion, family and near blindness. He only wrote about his native city, Dublin, though he refused to live » ...mai mult

This collection of three of Stevenson’s stories (‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, ‘Markheim’ and ‘The Body Snatcher’) analyses the moral fibre of Victorian society and highlights the conflict between » ...mai mult

An intense love story that touches every aspect of human emotions, from ecstasy to despair. Martin Eden’s never-ending quest for love, beauty and knowledge becomes a growing obsession. Where will it » ...mai mult

Nous sommes en Hollande, au XVIIe siècle. Cornélius est un jeune homme tranquille. Il a une seule passion, les tulipes, et un rêve, faire pousser une tulipe noire. Mais il se retrouve injustement en » ...mai mult

Eines Morgens wacht Gregor Samsa, ein Vertreter, auf und ist ein Ungeziefer. Vor den Türen seines Zimmers stehen die Eltern, die Schwester, dann auch ein Angestellter aus der Firma. Sie alle wollen wissen, » ...mai mult

Luis Sepúlveda es un autor que ha entrado en el corazón de muchos lectores en todo el mundo. La suya fue una existencia marcada por un sentimiento ético y justo hacia la vida y hacia la creación artística, » ...mai mult

In 1937, a young vet called James Herriot gets a job in Britain’s wild, windy Yorkshire Dales. He learns to work with tough local farmers, unusual pet owners and his untidy boss Siegfried. He meets kicking » ...mai mult

World-famous detective Hercule Poirot was looking forward to a quiet life in the English village of King’s Abbot. But every village has secrets, and when his friend Roger Ackroyd is killed, Poirot must » ...mai mult

Paris, 1849. Julot, quatorze ans, apprend le métier d’ouvrier typographe chez le père Girard. Il imprime le journal L’Évènement qui publie les discours de Victor Hugo. Le petit Micloche vend le » ...mai mult

Lorenzo viaja a la ciudad de Puerto Iguazú para reencontrarse con sus tíos y su primo que no ve desde hace muchos años. Allí se ve involucrado en un robo de animales por parte de una banda de cazadores » ...mai mult

Luise verbringt ihren Urlaub in einem Kinderheim. Eines Tages kommt Lotte – und die zwei Mädchen entdecken, dass sie Zwillingsschwestern sind. Die Eltern sind geschieden und haben die Kinder getrennt. » ...mai mult

What happens when the animals at Manor Farm decide to rebel against their master, Mr Jones, and throw him out? Will they be able to achieve the freedom and happiness that they dream? Or will their dream » ...mai mult

In the year 1984, the people of Oceania cannot do, say or think what they want. They must love Big Brother, the Party leader, and follow him. ‘Everything’s great in Oceania,’ the Party says, but » ...mai mult