Cuando se publicó El retrato de Dorian Gray, la crítica moralizante acusó a su protagonista de ser una figura satánica, corrompida y corruptora, sin comprender que era el héroe de una novela que reflejaba la fatalidad de los románticos... Zobraziť viac
Artist Basil Hallward has sent a gift. A portrait that perfectly captures young Dorian Gray's handsome features. When Lord Henry tempts Dorian with a new lifestyle of hedonism and pleasure, he realizes that he would sell his soul for an eternity ... Zobraziť viac
Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest... Zobraziť viac
An opulent mythology for those without a pot to piss in, through the labyrinthine streets and pages ofJerusalem tread ghosts that sing of wealth and poverty; of Africa, and hymns, and our threadbare millennium... Zobraziť viac
Als Findelkind im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt aufgewachsen, flüchtet sich der junge Oliver Twist aus den Fängen seines brutalen Lehrherrn nach London. Doch im Moloch der Großstadt gerät er bald an den skrupellosen Hehler Fagin... Zobraziť viac
In this final book (Volume 8), read the conclusion to this epic historical fantasy about a prince and the mysterious man by his side, in English for the very first time... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wildes Dorian Gray ist eine der berühmtesten Figuren der Weltliteratur: So stauneswert schön er ist, so unverdorben und naiv ist sein Blick auf die Welt... Zobraziť viac
Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves ... Zobraziť viac
First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops through the centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's own time. Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer ... Zobraziť viac
Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Oliver Twist has asked for more!'Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London.... Zobraziť viac
The geisha assassin Makie challenges Manji to another duel, now that she has settled her inner conflicts. It's round two for the man who gave up his right to die, and the woman who gave up her right to dream... Zobraziť viac
Through the story of the brilliant but conflicted young Raskolnikov and the murder he commits, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores the theme of redemption through suffering. "e;Crime and Punishment"e; put Dostoyevsky at the forefront of Russian write... Zobraziť viac
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'Vividly interweaving epic historical drama with personal tragedy, Dickens's gripping novel depicts the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney... Zobraziť viac
