In Dickens’s first novel, Samuel Pickwick and three other members of the Pickwick Club decide to spend six months travelling around England observing the manners and habits of everyone they meet. Follow them on their hilarious adventures as they get involved in a duel, an election campaign and as one of them even ends up in prison…

ISBN: 978885301-095-7
Издательство: CIDEB
Дата выхода: август 2011

"The Pickwick Papers" is Dickens first novel and widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialised in monthly instalments, it quickly became a huge popular success with sales reaching 40 000 by the final number. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature in general, and the works of Dickens in particular.

ISBN: 1-85326-052-5
Издательство: Wordsworth
Дата выхода: май 2005

This is a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, bringing together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. The series provides reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in most major primary courses.

ISBN: 978-0-230-01008-6
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011

This is a new edition of this key title for children of primary school age. It combines a colourful design with simple definitions and illustrated examples to form an appealing picture dictionary and a perfect introduction to Spanish. Each one of the 1,200 words included in the dictionary is depicted by Jo Litchfield`s gorgeous models. It covers all parts of speech, including adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. In addition to the comprehensive dictionary, thematic spreads cover key themes, such as seasons, colours, numbers, shapes and useful grammatical information.

ISBN: 978-0-7460-7670-5
Издательство: Usborne
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

Basil Hallward paints a portrait of a handsome young man, Dorian Gray. Dorian wishes that he could always stay handsome and young, and his wish comes true. But there are consequences.

ISBN: 978-1-4082-8957-0
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011

On 20 June 1890 the Philadelphian Lippincott`s Monthly Magazine published Oscar Wilde`s "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as the lead story for its July number. Wilde revised and enlarged this, his first and only novel, for appearance in book form the following April. Hitherto the thirty-five-year-old author had published a book of poems (1881; largely ignored or ridiculed), had had one play produced (unsuccessfully, in New York in 1883), published a book of fairy tales (1888; on the whole well received), and had published some essays and stories in literary journals. Wilde had reviewed many novels, and discoursed on the art of the novelist in "The Decay of Lying"; now was his chance to practise what he had been preaching, and to fulfil the...

ISBN: 978-0-14-144246-4
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012

Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story.

ISBN: 9781784871710
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: январь 2016

To the world, they had everything. Cassie Barrett was a renowned anthropologist. Alex Rivers was a respected actor. They met on a film set in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they returned to California, something altered the picture of their perfect marriage. Torn between fear and compassion, Cassie wrestled with the questions she never dreamed she would face. Why did she stay? And how could she leave?

ISBN: 978-0-340-93354-1
Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2011