Wilde: 1747 books

Non è colpa mia se l'odore di cenere, d'erbe macerate e d'immondizie aleggia sulle mie novelle. Io credo seriamente che Lei ritarderà il corso della civiltà in Irlanda, se impedirà agli irlandesi di contemplare per bene se stessi nel mio specchio tirato a lucido... scriveva Joyce nel 1906 all'editore...

Anche se il Natale è sfruttato a scopo di lucro, anche se il suo significato è spesso danneggiato, è ancora il periodo dell’anno in cui sentiamo l’impulso a pensare agli altri. È ancora la stagione delle aspettative e della gioia. La luminosità e il profumo di un albero di Natale sotto il...

Dall’incipit del libro: Era l’ultimo ricevimento di lady Windermere, alla vigilia della primavera. Bentink House, più dell’usato, brulicava di visitatori. Sei membri del ministero eran venuti direttamente dopo l’udienza dello speaker, con tutti gli ordini e le decorazioni. Le belle donne...

The King of Spain has been a widower for nearly twelve years, the Queen having died shortly after their daughter the Infanta was born. The Queen's death has left the King a deeply melancholy man. He cannot bear to look at his daughter for long because she reminds him too much of her late mother. Consequently,...

Set in "The Present" (1895) in London, the play opens with Algernon Moncrieff, an idle young gentleman, receiving his best friend, whom he knows as Ernest Worthing. Ernest has come from the country to propose to Algernon's cousin, Gwendolen. Algernon, however, refuses his consent until...

Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to age and wither with the years....

The Selfish Giant has a beautiful garden, but he won't let any of the children play in it. Winter comes and never leaves, until the power of love brings Spring and joy into the Giant's garden and his heart...

Oscar Wild was an Irish writer, poet and dramatist. Redundancy is the characteristic that describes his life and creations. He had no limits, not only in his jokes, but even in his tries to be serious. The story “The Nightingale and the Rose” tells us about young man’s clean and ardent love...

Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Boots", "The...

He’s the total package. Except … Eric Miller isn’t looking for a long term relationship. And he definitely isn’t thrilled when a friend signs him up for The Boyfriend Experience app behind his back. It’s not like he has a problem getting women on his own. But when he gets a...

All 4 full-length Book Boyfriend novels (the entire series) are now available in a box set! BIG SHOT Wes Sinclair is a notorious heart-breaker, a hot as sin bad boy with a panty-dropping smile no woman can resist. Except for his best friend's little sister and business adversary, Natalie...

Confirmed bachelor Max Sterling isn't into rescuing damsels in distress, but when the very tempting Hailey Ellison needs his help, there's only one thing for him to do. Step in and pose as her loving fiancé. Except there is nothing fake about his attraction to her, or how much he wants her beneath...

Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society—including who among the ton is capable of murder... The daughter of a baronet and minor heiress,...

Shifts happen. Hearts change. Africa awaits. Emma Knight is in Kenya to bury a witch, and then she’s leaving. But hostile forces are pushing her into a role she doesn’t want. When Emma breaks a cardinal rule and rescues a lion Shifter, she finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. Does she...