Penguin The Decay of Lying and Other Essays Уайльд Оскар

'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' • The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest form of creation and that lying, the telling of a beautiful untruth, is the ultimate aim of art • One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether the perpetrator is an assailant or lover. Michael Kohlhaas depicts an honourable man who feels compelled to violate the law in his search for justice, while other tales explore the singular realm of the uncanny, such as The Beggarwoman of Locarno, in which an old woman's ghost drives a heartless nobleman to madness, and St Cecilia, which portrays four brothers possessed by an uncontrollable religious mania. The stories collected in this volume reflect the preoccupations of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) with the deceptiveness of human nature and the unpredictability of the physical world

"De Profundis" - красноречивый и горький упрек Оскара Уайльда из тюрьмы своему возлюбленному, лорду Альфреду Дугласу. В расширенном письме Уайльд обвиняет лорда Альфреда в эгоизме, поверхностности, паразитизме, жадности, расточительности, истериках, мелочности и пренебрежении. "Баллада о раздираемой тюрьме" - глубоко трогательное и характерно великодушное стихотворение об ужасах тюремной жизни. Оно было опубликовано анонимно в 1898 году, подписано только "С..3..3", номер камеры Уайльда в Редингской тюрьме • В этот сборник также входит эссе "Душа человека при социализме", наиболее откровенная защита анархии Уайльдом, и два его платонических диалога, "Разложение лжи" и "Критик как художник", в которых он выдвигает свои вызывающе остроумные идеи об искусстве и социальной роли человека

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle • 'He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson ... He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them' • Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson, solve these breathtaking and perplexing mysteries. In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problems • The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War

One of the most remarkable artists of our age.' Mario Vargas Llosa The Book of Sand was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words, 'variations on favourite themes... combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot'. It includes such marvellous tales as 'The Congress', 'Undr' and 'The Mirror and the Mask'. Also included are the handful of stories written right at the end of Borges' life - 'August 25, 1983', 'Blue Tigers', 'The Rose of Paracelsus' and 'Shakespeare's Memory

The story of a passionate young woman who escapes her stifling marriage through adultery and murder, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is now the basis for an acclaimed new film starring Florence Pugh • Nikolai Leskov is one of the most unique voices of nineteenth-century Russia, with a fascination for idiosyncratic characters, lurid crimes, comic absurdity, spirituality and the joy of pure story. This volume contains five of his greatest short tales, including the matchless masterpiece Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed. Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic

When the Americans Mr and Mrs Otis and their four children move into Canterville Chase, its previous occupant Lord Canterville warns them that the ghost of his ancestor still haunts the house. Their disbelief is soon shattered by the nightly sound of rattling chains in the hallways and the appearance of mysterious bloodstains in the living room. However, the ghost struggles to intimidate his new victims, as they counter his ghoulish behaviour with typically transatlantic pragmatism, offering lubricator for his chains and cleaning up the stains with detergent. As the spirit is deserted by his capacity to scare, Virginia, the Otises’ daughter, gets to know him and learns the tragic tale behind his sad fate • Sparkling with his trademark wit, this classic tale is one of Oscar Wilde’s finest stories and is presented here with three other comic mystery stories, ‘Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime’, ‘The Sphinx without a Secret’ and ‘The Model Millionaire’, all of which were first published together in 1891

When the Selfish Giant decides to build a wall around his garden to prevent the children from playing in it, it becomes barren and stuck in perpertual winter. It takes a wonderful event and the heart of a young boy for him to realize the error of his ways. A classic tale for children, The Selfish Giant is presented here with all of Oscar Wilde's other fairy stories - The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul and The Star-Child - brought to life by Philip Waechter's bright and imaginative illustrations

"Счастливый принц и другие истории" - сборник очаровательных сказок от Оскара Уайльда, очаровывает читателей от мала до велика с момента публикации в конце девятнадцатого века • В "Счастливом принце", статуя, богатая и украшенная драгоценными камнями, внимательно наблюдает за городом и его жителями. Заручившись помощью ласточки, принц своими бескорыстными поступками приносит утешение тем, кто больше всего в нем нуждается • "Соловей и роза" - трагическая история о личной жертве во имя любви, в то время как в "Эгоистичном великане" конец вечной зимы наконец-то приносит весну и счастье • Книга на английском языке • HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away

The scent of almonds • A snowstorm traps a family in a hotel on a tiny island off Fjallbacka - and then a body is discovered in the library • An elegant death • Two sisters witness a murder in a fashion boutique • Dreaming of Elisabeth • Malin is trapped on a boat with a man she is beginning to fear… • The widows' cafe • Marianne is serving up a dangerous concoction at the Widows' Cafe • Showcasing Camilla's acclaimed talent for combining heart-stopping plots with heart-warming characters, this collection of tales will thrill and delight in equal measure

На высокой колонне над городом стоит статуя Счастливого принца, покрытая листками чистого золота. Вместо глаз у него сапфиры, а в рукояти меча сияет рубин. Принц уговаривает ласточку забрать его золото и драгоценности и отдать их беднякам… • В сборник вошли следующие сказки: «Счастливый принц», «Соловей и Роза», «Великан-эгоист», «Преданный друг» и «Замечательная ракета» • Издательство Faber & Faber и магазин Liberty London представляют вашему вниманию коллекционное издание любимой классики наивысшего качества. Дизайн обложки был выполнен известными дизайнерами. Данное издание станет идеальным подарком для творческих людей и любителей художественной литературы • Книга на английском языке • High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince