Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to England.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from climbing the mighty Scafell Pike in the Lake District, to punting past exquisite architecture in Cambridge, and digging into platters of fresh seafood on the North Norfolk Coast.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's

With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham.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 ...

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From the Wall Street Journal's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of hostage-taking, in which Putin held all the cards.Narrated with the propulsive drive of a spy thriller and packed with revelatory reporting, Swap takes you deep inside a shadow war that will upend how you think about global politics. It is the ...

Is the price of eternal youth worth a man's soul? The exceptionally handsome Dorian Gray is a model—and the muse—for a young artist, Basil Hallward. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, who values only the pleasurable things in life with no regard for morality. He makes Dorian realize that one day his famed beauty will fade, and he will be left with nothing. Dorian decides to sell his soul so that a portrait of him will age in his place. As he indulges in every vice and selfish w...

In Oscar Wilde's seminal novel, 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' the themes of aestheticism and moral duplicity are intricately woven into a cautionary tale about vanity and the nature of beauty. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, Wilde employs a rich, lyrical prose style that reflects his preoccupation with art and the often superficial values of society. The narrative centers on Dorian Gray, a young man whose portrait, painted by the artist Basil Hallward, becomes a symbol of hi...

This file includes the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" plus "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories". The "other" stories are: The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The ModelMillionaire, and The Portrait of Mr. W. H. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. T...

Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel’s first editor, who feared it would be “offensive” to Victorians.

Contents: The Decay of Lying Pen, Pencil And Poison The Critic As Artist The Truth of Masks

Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as "Modern Fiction" and "The Modern Essay." This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

'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...

This collection includes: Shorter ProsePieces, A Critic in Pall Masll, Essays and Lectures, Intentions, The Soul of Man, Miscellanies, Reviews, and Selected Prose. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his i...