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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 belief 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,...
| Автор | Oscar Wilde, Оскар Уайльд |
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
This eBook edition of «The Pictures of German Life Throughout» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Volume 1: Life of the German Peasant (1240-1790): The duration of modern nations German agriculture in the time of the Romans, the Carlovingians, and the Hohenstauffen… The Life of the Lower Nobility (1500-1800): The country nobles in the sixteenth century The court nobles The detrimental effects of the Great War… The German...
| Автор | Gustav Freytag |
This eBook edition of « The Pictures of German Life Throughout History» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Volume 1: Scenes from the Hussite War (1425): Emigration of Germans to the east after the thirteenth century Contrast of the Bohemians… A German Lady of the Royal Court: Life at Court The last of the Luxemburgers The Hungarian Crown… A Travelling Student: Characteristics of the fifteenth century Introductions in the...
| Автор | Gustav Freytag |
"The Pirates Own Book" is a collection of historical tales about the great age of piracy. The exploits of such famous pirates as Black Beard, Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read as well as many others are recounted here in explicit detail. Comprising a time period between that of the Medieval Norman and Danish Sea Robbers to the cases of piracy in the first half of the Nineteenth Century, Charles Ellms’ «The Pirates Own Book» is a classic collection...
| Автор | Charles Elms |
This eBook edition of «The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Exploits & Executions of the Most Notorious Buccaneers (Illustrated Edition)» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This book contains the authentic narratives of the lives, exploits and executions of the world's most infamous buccaneers including contemporary eyewitness accounts, documents, trial transcripts and letters. Charles Ellms was a reclusive...
| Автор | Charles Elms, Charles Ellms |
"The Planters of Colonial Virginia" by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
| Автор | Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker |
The Planters of Colonial Virginia is a historical account on formation of Virginian aristocracy. The author deals with the genesis of colonial landowners who managed to make a fortune in a relatively short period of time thanks to cheap land and slave work-power. Contents England in the New World The Indian Weed The Virginia Yeomanry Freemen and Freedmen The Restoration Period The Yeoman in Virginia History World Trade Beneath the Black Tide
| Автор | Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker |
"The Pool of the Black One" by Robert Ervin Howard. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
| Автор | Robert Ervin Howard |
William Finden (1787-1852) was an English engraver. His first employment on his own account was engraving illustrations for books, and among the most noteworthy of these early plates were Robert Smirke's illustrations to Don Quixote. His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration.
| Автор | W. Finden |
