Oscar: 1500 books

Vero è, per un momento lasciando secondaria la genialità dell'uomo e dell'artista, che in Wilde, come si è scritto, forse negli ultimi anni, forse da prima, pare prevalere energicamente «il fascino dell'abisso», «l'amore della perfezione tragica» della «rovina». Affiora lieve, in...

Il De Profundis è una lunga lettera a Lord Alfred Douglas, il giovane amato da Wilde, scritta nei primi mesi del 1897 nel carcere di Reading dove Wilde si trovava da quasi due anni per il reato di sodomia. E'l'opera che ci permette di accostarci al vero mondo dell'autore, di riconoscere l'uomo e...

In 'The Fisherman and his Soul', a young Fisherman finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot, for one cannot live underwater if one has a soul. He goes to his priest, but the priest tells him his soul is his most precious possession, and the soulless mermen are lost....

It was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber. His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace,...

Wilde is questioning the values of the well-to-do in society of his day. Key characters such as Lord Illingworth and Mrs. Arbuthnot are very well developed.

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Tout pour préparer vos contrôles, réviser et réussir votre bac !   Cet ouvrage vous propose : Les cours complets dans toutes les matières, pour comprendre et mémoriser l’essentiel. Des exercices de type bac, et tous les corrigés, pour s’entraîner. Les méthodes du bac, illustrées...

This book is a short primer in engineering mathematics with a view on applications in nonlinear control theory. In particular, it introduces some elementary concepts of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry which offer a set of tools quite different from the traditional approaches to the subject...

»Schwalbe, Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe,« sagte der Prinz, »willst du nicht eine Nacht bei mir bleiben und mein Bote sein? Der Knabe ist so durstig und seine Mutter so traurig.« »Ich liebe eigentlich Knaben nicht,« antwortete die Schwalbe. »Letzten Sommer, als ich mich an dem Flusse aufhielt,...

Once upon a time there was a statue of the man, which was covered by gold, and sapphires were instead his eyes. He had a sword in his arms, which was decorated by rubies. The statue was a monument for a prince who freely lived in a local palace. The people of that town loved the statue and were very...

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Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. A Collection of Arthurian Works is a massive collection of works relating to the Arthurian Legends.

"As to my personal attitude towards criticism, I confess in brief the following: "If my works are good and of any importance whatever for the further development of art, they will maintain their place in spite of all adverse criticism and in spite of all hateful suspicions attached to my...

Publicada por primera vez en 1888, esta colección de cuentos permite observar la grandeza literaria de la que era capaz Wilde, y de su profundo entendimiento del ser humano. Amor, odio, vanidad, egoísmo, amistad, desinterés, humildad, son algunos de los sentimientos que encontraremos en estas páginas,...