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'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-siécle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian's slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes, revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay.Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale, it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality. Combining elements of the supernatural, aestheticism, and the Gothic, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable and uniquely unsettling work of fiction. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Verachtet mir die Glockengasse nicht! Ich weiß wohl, es ist eine trübe, freudlose Gasse, in ganz Wien ist keine, die sich so quälend ins Gemüt und in die Träume legt. Wenn sie noch eine rechtschaffene schwarze, kasernenhohe Proletariergasse wäre! Aber es ist die Gasse der Gecken der Armut, der Modedamen der Powerte. Hier wohnen Hausierer, deren Töchter heimlich Kreuzer auf Kreuzer legen, um drei Tage in einem protzigen Sommerbad, als »Reiche« verkleidet, zubringen zu können, hier wohnen abgemagerte Beamte mit fünf oder sechs grünbleichen Kindern, die aber Sonntags Matrosenanzüge mit großen weißen Kragen tragen müssen, hier wohnen im ersten Stock Börsianer, die zwei Winter lang reich sind und den armen Verwandten um die Ecke zeigen wollen, daß sie jetzt eine Französin zu den Kindern halten und ihnen Raketts und Tennisbälle geben, mit denen die Töchter ausgehen, obwohl es weit und breit kein Stückchen Rasen gibt.

"Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!"Throughout the hardships of her childhood - spent with a severe aunt and abusive cousin, and later at the austere Lowood charity school - Jane Eyre clings to a sense of self-worth, despite of her treatment from those close to her. At the age of eighteen, sick of her narrow existence, she seeks work as a governess. The monotony of Jane's new life at Thornfield Hall is broken up by the arrival of her peculiar and changeful employer, Mr Rochester. Routine at the mansion is further disrupted by mysterious incidents that draw the pair closer together but which, once explained, threaten Jane's happiness and integrity. A flagship of Victorian fiction, Jane Eyre draws the reader in by the vigour of Jane's voice and the novel's forceful depiction of childhood injustice, of the restraints placed upon women, and the complexities of both faith and passion. The emotional charge of Jane's story is as strong today as it was more than 150 years ago, as she seeks dignity and freedom on her own terms. In this new edition, Juliette Atkinson explores the power of narrative voice and looks at the striking physicality of the novel, which is both shocking and romantic.

"He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention." Pride and Prejudice , one of the most famous love stories of all time, has also proven itself as a treasured mainstay of the English literary canon. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity. Misconceptions and hasty judgements bring heartache and scandal, but eventually lead to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love.It's almost impossible to open Pride and Prejudice without feeling the pressure of so many readers having known and loved this novel already. Will you fail the test - or will you love it too? As a story that celebrates more unflinchingly than any of Austen's other novels the happy meeting-of-true-minds, and one that has attracted the most fans over the centuries, Pride and Prejudice sets up an echo chamber of good feelings in which romantic love and the love of reading amplify each other.

'I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.'Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four "little women" enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England The charming story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of travelling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. Future writers have found inspiration in Jo's devotion to her writing. In this simple, enthralling tale, both parts of which are included here, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved women.The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen<BR><BR>"The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!"<BR><BR>Jane Austen's novel tells the story of Marianne Dashwood, who wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.<BR><BR>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen<BR><BR>'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny'<BR><BR>Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.<BR><BR>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

'it was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam'Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic shocker introduced Count Dracula to the world, an ancient creature bent on bringing his contagion to London, the very heart of the British Empire. Only a handful of men and women stand between Dracula and his long-cherished goal, but they are vulnerable and weak against the cunning and supernatural powers of the Count and his legions. As the horrifying story unfolds in the diaries and letters of young Jonathan Harker, Lucy, Mina, and Dr Seward, Dracula will be victorious unless his nemesis Professor Van Helsing can persuade them that monsters still lurk in the era of electric light.The most famous of all vampire stories, Dracula is a mirror of its age, its underlying themes of race, religion, science, superstition, and sexuality never far from the surface. A compelling read, rattling along at break-neck speed, it is a modern classic. This new edition includes Stoker's companion piece, 'Dracula's Guest'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Now a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw'The greatest achievement of the greatest of all novelists' Leo TolstoyIn David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew on his own experiences to create one of his most moving and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. It is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant but unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jeremy Tambling

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of the great Victorian mystery novel with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.Marian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle's guardianship until Laura's marriage to Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival is a man of many secrets - is one of them connected to the strange appearances of a young woman dressed all in white? And what does his charismatic friend, Count Fosco, with his pet white mice running in and out of his brightly coloured waistcoat, have to do with it all? Marian and the girls' drawing master, Walter, have to turn detective in order to work out what is going on, and to protect Laura from a fatal plot...This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.**The ultimate beautiful classic, a gift for all book lovers**

Christian Morgensterns stimmungsvolles Ostergedicht Christian Morgenstern versteht es, das Frühlingsfest mit Witz und voller Poesie in Szene zu setzen und nimmt die Kinder mit auf die bunte Reise des Osterhasen. Dieses fröhliche Bilderbuch in dieser kleinformatigen Bilderbuchausgabe besticht durch Pe Grigos frische Illustrationen und versetzt Jung und Alt in frühlingshafte Stimmung.'Die Sonne geht im Osten auf, der Osterhas' beginnt den Lauf.'

'Den Dank, Dame, begehr ich nicht ...' 'Vor seinem Löwengarten, das Kampfspiel zu erwarten, saß König Franz ...' Und bald schon balgen sich brüllende Leoparden, Löwen und Tiger vor dem erlauchten Publikum um die Wette. Plötzlich aber fällt Fräulein Kunigundes Handschuh mitten zwischen die hungrigen Katzen. Eine willkommene Gelegenheit für die hochmütige Dame, ihren Herzensritter Delorges auf die Probe zu stellen: Zum Beweis seiner Liebe soll er in die sprichwörtliche Höhle des Löwen hinabsteigen und ihr den Handschuh zurückbringen ... Schillers Ballade 'Der Handschuh' ist ein unvergessliches Stück deutscher Dichtung - witzig, spannend und lehrreich zugleich, mit viel Schwung und Fantasie ins Bild gesetzt von Jacky Gleich - jetzt in einer kleinformatigen Bilderbuchausgabe. Der Autor Friedrich Schiller, geboren 1759 in Marbach, gestorben 1805 in Weimar, gilt neben Goethe als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter. Die Ballade der Handschuh zählt als eine seiner berühmtesten Werke.

Gärten spielten in Goethes Leben und Denken eine bedeutende Rolle, denn sie waren für ihn Sinnbilder eines selbstbestimmten Individuums in einer freien Umwelt. Der Dichter kannte alle bedeutsamen Gartentypen seiner Zeit: den planvoll angelegten Nutzgarten, den repräsentativ-dekorativen und formstrengen Renaissance- oder Barockgarten sowie den englischen Landschaftspark. Für sein Gartenhaus oder sein Wohnhaus in Weimar plante er die Gärten und gab entscheidende Impulse für die Gestaltung der Gartenlandschaft entlang der Ilm.

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Dickens's unforgettable novel with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of sex workers, thieves and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused.This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.**The ultimate beautiful classic, a gift for all book lovers**

Charlotte Brontë's memorable and chilling tale of one woman’s lifelong quest for security, respectability, and love, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.<BR><BR> Following the death of her uncle, the orphan Jane Eyre is sent to the Lowood School, where she grows into a confident and well-educated young woman. When Jane leaves Lowood to become a governess at Thornfield, she falls in love with Mr. Rochester, her pupil’s guardian. But a series of eerie and terrifying events threaten to destroy her happy future. Featuring gripping plot twists and surprises, Jane Eyre offers rich insight into the life of a woman who, despite oppression and precarious circumstances, refuses to yield her sense of self to societal expectations.<BR>  

Die Wiederentdeckung einer unverwechselbaren lyrischen Stimme <BR> <BR> "Ich halte sie für sehr gut und interessant und anders als alle anderen", schrieb Virginia Woolf über Charlotte Mew und nannte sie "die größte lebende Dichterin". Charlotte Mew war eine der herausragenden lyrischen Stimmen ihrer Zeit. In ihren mit den Geschlechterrollen spielenden Gedichten umkreist sie die ersten und letzten Fragen von Liebe, Entsagung, Tod und Religion und findet dafür eine ganz eigene lyrische Form. Die Gedichte erscheinen hier erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung.<BR><BR>Charlotte Mews Gedichte faszinierten und begeisterten schon zu ihren Lebzeiten so unterschiedliche Autoren wie Ezra Pound, Thomas Hardy und Virginia Woolf, die die Besonderheit und den leidenschaftlichen Ernst dieser Lyrik erkannten. Viele von Mews Gedichten enthalten kleine Dramen, deren Protagonisten häufig Randfiguren der Gesellschaft sind. Aus ihren Werken spricht eine tiefe Menschlichkeit, die Fähigkeit, sich in verschiedenste Erfahrungen und Gefühlslagen zu versetzen. Mews Sprache ist direkt, sinnlich und musikalisch, sie ist reich an Gesten, Symbolen und einprägsamen Bildern, in denen sich genaue Beobachtung und Vision mischen. Trotz ihrer Hochschätzung durch die Zeitgenossen geriet Charlotte Mew nach ihrem Tod weitgehend in Vergessenheit. Dieser Band präsentiert ihre Gedichte erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung. Er lädt ein zur Entdeckung einer Dichterin, der längst ein Platz im literarischen Kanon gebührt.<BR>

'Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten, dass ich so traurig bin.' Heinrich Heines berühmte Ballade von der Loreley wurde als fantastischer Bilderbuchtraum in leuchtenden Farben von Aljoscha Blau kongenial in Szene gesetzt. Die Geschichte der Loreley ist weltweit bekannt und das Buch bringt die traurige Geschichte schon jungen Lesern nahe! Jetzt in einer kleinformatigen Bilderbuchausgabe. Der Autor wurde 1797 in Düsseldorf geboren und starb 1856 in Paris. Er zählt zu den bekanntesten deutschen Dichtern. Seine berühmte Ballade Loreley entstand im Jahre 1824.

Es war eine der berühmtesten Liebesgeschichten des 19. Jahrhunderts: Victor Hugo lernte Juliette Drouet, eine Ikone der Pariser Gesellschaft, im Januar 1833 bei einer Probe seines Dramas Lucrèce Borgiakennen, in dem sie die Rolle der Prinzessin Negroni spielte. Zu dieser Zeit war er bereits mit seiner Jugendfreundin vermählt, der Schriftstellerin Adèle Foucher, was den Pionier der französischen Romantik jedoch nicht davon abhielt, sich unsterblich in die schöne Schauspielerin zu verlieben, zumal seine Frau selbst eine Affäre mit dem Literaturkritiker Sainte-Beuve hatte. Nach und nach verzichtete Drouet auf ihr glanzvolles Leben am Theater, um sich ganz ihrer Liebe zu Hugo zu widmen. Sie war seine erste Leserin, seine akribische Kopistin und der Fixstern, zu dem Hugo immer wieder zurückkehrte, ganz gleich, wie viele Eroberungen er zählte. Sie sollte seine größte Muse werden, eine tragende Säule des literarischen Monuments, zu dem Victor Hugo geworden ist. Die Carnets d'amour, hier zum ersten Mal versammelt, sind Poesiealben der Liebe, die Victor Hugo seiner Angebeteten in den ersten beiden Jahren ihrer Beziehung zurückließ, damit sie jeden Abend darin lesen konnte. Hochpoetisch und berührend zeugen sie von dem leidenschaftlichen Beginn einer ein halbes Jahrhundert währenden Liebe. 

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books<BR><BR>Following the death of his sister, middle-aged Dr Graesler leaves his winter home in Lanzarote for a health resort in Germany, where he practised medicine for many years. There he meets the Schleheim family, and is particularly drawn to their daughter Sabine. But a simple, stilted courtship soon unravels a web of hushed-up suicide and illicit sexual liaisons. Arthur Schnitzler's tumultuous psychodrama remains as startling now as it did on first publication.

Sent to living with wealthy relatives, Fanny Price grows up overlooked until love and temptation expose the household around her. Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday with this beautiful gift edition of Mansfield Park, complete with foiled covers, marbled endpaper, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon.Sent to live with wealthy relatives, Fanny Price grows up at Mansfield Park as both family member and outsider. Her cousin Edmund is her one steady ally. When the glamorous Henry and Mary Crawford arrive, flirtation, theatre and temptation disturb the household, and Fanny's quiet judgement becomes more powerful than anyone expects.Austen's bold and brilliant novel examines privilege, class, moral pressure, love and growing up with subtle force. This Vintage Collector's Classics hardback is a beautiful gift for Austen fans, classic fiction readers and collectors seeking a deluxe sprayed-edge edition for the shelf

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai«, »Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen«, »Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten« - Heinrich Heines Verse sind nicht zuletzt wegen der vielfachen Vertonungen die berühmtesten der deutschen Romantik. Das "Buch der Lieder", das seinen Ruhm als Lyriker maßgeblich begründete, liegt nun in einer handlichen Liebhaberausgabe vor.

Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday with this beautiful gift edition of her groundbreaking novel, a story with the most charming and unreliable of heroines, Emma. It comes with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and is finished with a silk ribbon.JOIN THE OBSESSION'These might be the most beautiful books I've ever seen? Get them in an art gallery''The marbled paper <3 I could cry''Love love love this collection ''I must have all of them <3 <3''Our beloved classics with sprayed edges too! They are absolutely STUNNING!'Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.**The ultimate beautiful classic, a gift for all book lovers**