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(0)Oscar Wilde
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SDS
Pub. Date
[2024]
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An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that's been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family's teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon's beloved wife, Virginia...
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Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cecily has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...
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First published in 1908, this vintage book explores the concepts of life and death, with special reference to immortality and chapters on the power of the mind and mental healing. "The Secret of Life, Death and Immortality" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the soul and ideas related to the afterlife, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk.
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Le personnage principal – Arthur – un personnage tres contrasté. Des les premieres pages, il donne l'impression d'un jeune homme décent, beau et instruit. Cependant, une rencontre avec voyante de rue détruit completement cette image. En entendant la terrible prédiction concernant le meurtre qu'il doit commettre, Lord Arthur perd son visage humain de maniere irréversible. Planifiant un meurtre de leurs parents de sang-froid, le jeune homme...
185) Salome
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Lord Alfred Douglas' translation of Wilde's great play - originally written in French - with all well-known Beardsley illustrations, including suppressed plates. Features 28 Beardsley illustrations and an introduction by Robert Ross.
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"The Day After Death" is a 1904 work by French writer Louis Figuier that explores the subject of death and what happens when we die, with reference to contemporary science and philosophy. Louis Figuier (1819-1894) was a French writer and scientist. The nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier, he became Professor of chemistry at L'Ecole de pharmacie of Montpellier.
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Blood, gore, murder, and sin-Victorian literature's darkest horrors await you.
The penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage to-and even inspired-many of the more famous narratives of the horror genre.
This book pairs three obscure yet influential...
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These three timeless plays showcase the sparkling wit and provocative intellect of some of modern drama's greatest playwrights.
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw: This complex drama depicts the life of Joan of Arc-from her childhood vision calling her to lead the French army against the English in the Hundred Years War through her eventual capture, trial, and burning at the stake. An epilogue depicts a retrial that clears Joan of heresy, declaring...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is widely considered to be one of the great classics in contemporary Western literature. Dorian Gray, the subject of artist Basil Hallward's painting becomes obsessed with his own vanity, adopts a brand of hedonism that ultimately leads to his own misery and demise. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Steve Juergens, Jim Ortlieb, Colleen Crimmins, Roger Mueller, Thomas Carroll, Paulin Brailsford, Rush...
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"Penny Dreadfuls" were a type of British publication in the 19th century that featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing one penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction. The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed at young working class males. Two of the most famous were "Varney the Vampire" (which popularized...
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Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of the twentieth century, legendary director, producer, and screenwriter Orson Welles was also an acclaimed actor, whose distinctive voice commanded attention. In this recording, Welles offers historic interpretations of excerpts from classic literature. This collection features time-honored works by several distinguished contributors, including American authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, as...
192) Wilde Salomé
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Al Pacino shares his most personal project ever; the double feature documentary Wilde Salome, followed by the stage adaptation of Salome as he explores the complexities of Oscar Wilde's scintillating tale of lust, greed and revenge.
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The notorious Mrs. Erlynne, known for romantic scandals, returns to England and visits Lord Windermere to confide that she is the mother of his wife, Lady Windermere. As Mrs. Erlynne continues to get closer to Lord Windermere, Lady Windermere begins to think the worst. Directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Ernst Lubitch, this silent film portrays one woman's attempt to be introduced into society and the skewering of upper class hypocrisy that...