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A collection of 40 classic short stories which carry a huge punch, from the great classic authors: Oscar Wilde, Saki, Kate Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Banjo Paterson, W. W. Jacobs, Guy de Maupassant and many more great names. Look forward to the train being delayed, friends turning up late, walking the dog round the block, ironing that shirt... 10-minute slots need never be wasted time again!

The Happy Prince is one of Oscar Wilde's best loved stories. The Happy Prince refers to a wonderful statue who stands above a city rift with poverty. The Happy Prince meets a swallow who is due to fly to Egypt and recruits him to help the people he looks over.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. En esta novela, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) indaga sobre el mito de la eterna juventud, al recrear el tema de un pacto diabólico para conservar la belleza y permanecer eternamente joven.Un pintor queda fascinado por la extraordinaria hermosura de Dorian, su joven modelo, que vive en plena era victoriana satisfaciendo todos sus deseos, sin límites ni prejuicios.El pintor declara que sería dichoso si Dorian pudiese permanecer para siempre exactamente como es.

Keats. A short life but a legacy of works that few, if any, can rival. And of course his end was to be tragically Romantic. Keats was returning one night to his home in Hampstead when he coughed. He coughed a single drop of blue blood upon his hand and said, ‘I know the colour of that blood, it is arterial blood, it is my death warrant, I must die’. And so it was that tuberculosis took its slow, devastating hold.

Un ricco ministro americano, Hiram B. Otis, si trasferisce in Inghilterra e sceglie di abitare nell'antico castello di Canterville. Non si fa certo impressionare dalla leggenda che vuole il castello infestato da un vecchio fantasma, l'antico proprietario, Sir Simon, che uccise la moglie Lady Eleonore e scomparve nel nulla... "Il fantasma di Canterville" è una delle opere più conosciute e amate di Oscar Wilde, capolavoro di una scrittura al contempo raffinatissima e accessibile, intriso di ironia e di significati nascosti.

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on February 14, 1895, at the St James' Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious persona to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

How far are you willing to go to secure your friend's good opinion? Little Hans gives freely of all he possesses, in order that the miller will esteem him as a true friend. The miller even promises to give little Hans his wheelbarrow. Hans' gratitude is never-ending, and he learns too late what it sometimes means to be a devoted friend.

This is a story from the The Happy Prince and Other Stories collection.

This is a story from the Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories collection.

This is a story from the Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories collection.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's only novel, perhaps because he realized that he could never again equal this timeless masterpiece. It is a unique work, both thought-provoking and horrifying. It vacillates between seemingly aimless conversation and riveting narrative in telling the story of a young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty, a quest that ends in scandal and depravity. It has been adapted numerous times for television, film, and the stage.

When the Giant's away, the children will play. That's what happens in Oscar Wilde's classic tale The Selfish Giant. Kids of all ages will love listening to this lively performance and will unwittingly learn an important lesson about selfishness and overcoming adversity.

Dorian Gray, a beautiful young man, sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty after viewing a picture of himself drawn by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian Gray's picture grows old and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."

Oscar Wildes timeless classic, The Importance of Being Earnest, subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, has captivated audiences since its debut in 1895. While the play is rich with farcical humor and witty exchanges that lightheartedly tackle themes of love and marriage, it also delves into profound questions of identity through the journey of Jack Worthing. Join us as we explore this delightful blend of comedy and deeper significance. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

This eerie collection includes: "The Doll's Ghost", "Thrawn Janet", "The Watcher", "The Old Nurse's Story", and "The Canterville Ghost".

Los Otis una familia norteamericana, compran el antiguo castillo inglés de los Canterville; nunca imaginaron estar a punto de romper una tradición de siglos: convivir con un fantasma auténtico. Sir Simon de Canterville ha aterrorizado y acosado a generaciones enteras durante siglos con el fin de llevarlos a la muerte con sus terribles apariciones. Una vez instalados realizan una vida completamente normal a pesar de los esfuerzos del fantasma por aterrorizar a los inquilinos; ¿Conseguirá el fantasma atemorizar a la familia Otis?.

Lady Windermere's Fan is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs. Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. Or does she?

El rancio abolengo de la tradición aristocrática británica, se enfrenta a su peor enemigo: una familia americana.....El gran fantasma de Canterville que había llevado durante más de 500 años una vida tranquila, aunque triste, se va a ver de repente enfrentado a la peor de las pesadillas que se podia imaginar: los Otis.El respeto al terror tradicional, provocado por los fantasmas medievales, el pánico generado por esos espíritus ancestrales.

Murder comes in two familiar forms. Whether as a crime of passion with high emotions or a cold dispassionate plot to take life in order to gain in some way, the act strikes us all as somehow inhuman. Beneath us as civilised beings. But however we cloak our animal instincts the need to remove a human being and gain relief from abuse or gain from money, the term is just the same – MURDER. Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could.

Familiarícese con los escritores más importantes del siglo XX a través de una cuidadosa selección de 600 citas que introducen sus principales ideas y delinean la estructura de su trabajo con claridad. Descubra nuevos aspectos o profundice en los pensamientos de Ana Frank, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Khalil Gibran, Oscar Wilde, Stefan Zweig, Winston Churchill, para expandir su mente y conocimiento sobre nuestra cultura.