The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Merkaba Press
Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.
Publisher: Merkaba Press
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.
Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day (1919) contrasts the daily lives and romantic attachments of two acquaintances. The novel deals with issues concerning women's suffrage, if love and marriage can coexist, and if marriage is necessary for happiness. The main characters are: Katharine Hilbery is the granddaughter of a distinguished poet and belongs to a privileged class. Katharine agrees to marry Ralph. Ralph Denham, a lawyer who occasionally writes articles for a journal edited by Trevor Hilbery, Katharine's father. Ralph is in constant pursuit of Katharine. Mary Datchet, the daughter of a country vicar, works in the office of an organization that campaigns for the enactment of women's suffrage. She falls wildly in love with Ralph Denham. William is a frustrated poet and dramatist, who often subjects others to his mediocre works. He is Katharine's first romantic interest.Show book
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.MATCHING'S EASY AT EASE: It was the sixth day of Mr. Direck's first visit to England, and he was at his acutest perception of differences. He found England in every way gratifying and satisfactory, and more of a contrast with things American than he had ever dared to hope.Show book
The Story of Other Wise Man is one Christian fiction written by Henry van Dyke. This book is a spiritual journey and shows us the true path that leads us to Jesus Christ.Show book
Fifteen horror stories about strange beings and behaviours that defy conventional definitions. Contents: Warning Wings by Arlton Eadie (Weird Tales, 1929) A seemingly insignificant white moth. Mother of Toads by Clark Ashton Smith (WT, 1938) An unusual witch. The Destroying Horde by Donald Wandrei (WT, 1935) The first BLOB story? Caterpillars by E. F. Benson (The Room in the Tower, 1912) Terrible things in an Italian villa. The Urbanite by Ewen Whyte (WT, 1950) The great city is never still. Rats by F. A. M. Webster (At Dead of Night, 1931) A plague of rats. The Malignant Invader by F. B. Long (WT, 1932) A creature from the bowels of the earth. The Horror in the Museum by H. P. Lovecraft (WT, 1933) A private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque. My Father, the Cat by H. Slesar (Fantastic Universe, 1957) A most unusual cat. The Seeking Thing by Janet Hirsch (Magazine of Horror, 1964) Something in the middle of the road. They by R. B. Johnson (WT, 1936) They dwell in Dead Man's Canyon. The Hyena by Robert E. Howard (WT, 1928) A man with an unusual ability. Sredni Vashtar by Saki (The Chronicles of Clovis, 1911) A secret in the garden shed. Demons of the Film Colony by Theodore LeBerthon (WT, 1932) A tale of 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein'. A:B:O. by Walter de la Mare (Cornhill, 1896) The excavation of a metallic chest.Show book
Uriah Derick D’Arcy seems to all intents to be a literary pseudonym. Why no-one would want to take ownership of this story from its first publication in 1819 has been the subject of several conjectures. The only settled agreement is that it was written by a man and from there the trail runs cold until it was reprinted in 1845 and attributed to Robert C. Sands. But modern opinion now suggests that the true author was his fellow Columbia graduate Richard Varick Dey, a theologian, who’s religious career caused him to distance himself from the creation, in those socially difficult times, of this remarkable story. In many respects it was far ahead of its time both in the construction and structure of its story, as an early tale of vampires and, of course, its damnation of slavery.Show book
A count's only son could learn nothing. Three times the count sent him for a year to famous masters. Each time, the son came back: saying first that he knew what dogs said when they barked; the next time, what birds said; and finally, what frogs said. Infuriated by his uselessness, his father ordered his people to take him to the woods and kill him, but they sympathised with him, and instead brought the count the eyes and tongue of a deer as proof of his death.Show book