Written in the 1850s when its author was a young doctor, "Gray's Anatomy" was the most comprehensive and accessible medical textbook of its time. This edition comprises an abridged version of the classic 1860 text - the last to be published during Gray's lifetime - and the masterly wood-block illustrations that ensured the runaway success of the original book. With Original Illustrations by Henry Carter. ... |
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Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together ... |
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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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Oscar Wildes Dorian Gray ist eine der berühmtesten Figuren der Weltileratur: So staunenswert schön er ist, so unverdorben und naiv ist sein Blick auf die Welt. Verführt durch den geistreichen Zyniker Lord Wotton, stürzt Dorian sich haltlos ins lüsterne Londoner Nachtleben. Ausschweifung und Genuss wecken in ihm den innigen Wunsch nach unvergänglicher Jugend - und auf wundersame Weise altert fortan nicht mehr er selbst, sondern ein Porträt von ihm. Doch Dorians unbedachter Pakt mit dunklen Mächten hat grausame Folgen... ... |
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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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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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Dorian Gray was written by the famous Oskar Wilde and has been adapted for Elementary-Level readers. This story is about Dorian Gray who has had a picture of him painted by an admirer called Basil Hallward. Dorian wishes he would never age like the picture as he places it in the attic. But his wish has tragic consequences. This book is in British English. Key features: carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary; some difficult words and phrases are explained with pictures; the book has around 1100 basic words for Elementary-level students; free resources including worksheets, tests and author data ... |
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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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Д-р Джон Грей е световно признат експерт в областта на взаимоотношенията между двата пола. Негова е заслугата в метафоризирането на техните различия като същества от различни планети. "Мъжете са от Марс, жените - от Венера" е най-нашумялата му книга, която го направи световноизвестен и която само в САЩ достигна 4-милионен тираж. Вече няколко години тя е неизменно в листа на бестселърите в Съединените щати и в други страни по света. ... |
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Защо свободните да следват инстинкта си за игра деца са по-щастливи, по-самостоятелни и по-добре подготвени за живота? ... Тази книга е антропологическо, историческо и психологическо изследване за начина, по който са се променяли разбиранията ни за образованието и ученето през вековете. Децата ни прекарват голяма част от времето си в училище, следвайки сухите инструкции на своите учители. Те трябва да седят мирно в час и да се занимават с тестове, които обикновено не разбират. Това образование напомня повече на затвор; то тласка децата към апатично отегчение или резки прояви, израз на неприемането му. Дори извън училище ... |
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"Зад всяко красиво нещо на този свят има нещо трагично." Младият Дориан Грей пристига в Лондон и със своята красота, остроумие и чар бързо печели симпатиите на обществото. Под крилото на лорд Хенри Уотън, известен хедонист и бонвиван, младият мъж се превръща в светски лъв. Но Дориан знае, че красотата е нетрайна и с нея ще си отидат и облагите, на които се радва като любимец на всички. Когато художникът Базил Холуърд завършва портрета на Дориан, младият мъж е толкова възхитен, че е готов да продаде душата си, за да запази завинаги младостта и красотата си, а старостта и житейските неволи да остави на образа ... |
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Пълно нецензурирано издание. Емблематичният роман на Оскар Уайлд може да притесни дори пуританите от XXI век. Но по време на четенето гримасите на укор ще се сменят с други, издаващи интелектуалното удоволствие, което писателският талант и остроумието на Уайлд пораждат. Възможно е безпокойство да обземе искрения читател, когато признава пред себе си, че пороците на главния (анти)герой са всъщност толкова типични, универсални, обикновени. Защото Дориан Грей е еманация на суетата, лекомислието, жестокостта, самозабравата и слабостта пред изкушението... В художествен план романът се откроява с блестящия си афористичен ... |
