Divadelní hra anglického spisovatele irského původu Oscara Wildea z roku 1895. Konverzační komedie o třech dějstvích se satirickými prvky. Dílo charakterizují mistrné dialogy plné ironie,sarkasmu,paradoxů a... Zobraziť viac
Slavný Wildeův román v sobě nese autobiografické rysy: Mladý muž se nechává portrétovat známým malířem, a když poprvé spatří svůj krásný portrét, projeví přání, aby sám nikdy nezestárl a všechny proměny tváře se objevovaly ... Zobraziť viac
Dover Publications Inc.: Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to... Zobraziť viac
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. One of 46 new books in the ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the... Zobraziť viac
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Esej o tom, že jen ten je člověkem, kdo pevně stojí na svých nohou a jen tak je schopen pochopit jiné, o umění a o socialismu jako předchozí fázi individualismu... Zobraziť viac
Často divadly uváděná hra britského klasika, podobně jako další autorovy hry, je plná jiskřivého anglického humoru a společenských bonmotů. Na pozadí morálky a způsobu života britské smetánky z konce 19. století se zároveň kriticky zabývá... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting... Zobraziť viac
In this powerfully influential series of short stories, James Joyce captures uneasy souls, shabby lives and innocent minds in the dark streets and homes of his native city. In doing so... Zobraziť viac
The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: An artist paints a picture of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. When he sees it, Dorian makes a wish that changes his life. As he grows older, his face stays young and handsome. But the picture changes... Zobraziť viac
Perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language, James Joyce's Dubliners is both a vivid and unflinching portrait of "dear dirty Dublin" at the turn of the twentieth century and a moral history of a nation and a people ... Zobraziť viac
The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest... Zobraziť viac
Heart of Darkness is classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the “100 best novels” and part of the Western canon. Marlow, a man who has spent his life at sea, tells... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway,... Zobraziť viac
Le portrait de Dorian Gray est un roman fantastique et philosophique écrit par Oscar Wilde en 1890 et publié en 1891. L'intrigue se déroule à Londres au 19ème siècle pendant l'époque victorienne... Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, the Otis family didn’t until they met the Canterville Ghost. This is a story of life and death and love … of a ghost trapped in the present because of the bad thing he did in the past and... Zobraziť viac