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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by OscarWilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
OscarWilde
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  • Parts 21
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
JaneAusten
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  • Parts 61
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
The Mirror of Shadows by sofisemmi
The Mirror of Shadows
sofisemmi
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  • Parts 69
(2) SECONDO LIBRO DELLA SAGA DEGLI SPECCHI. La vita di Shannon non si può più certo definire banale, né tantomeno ordinaria. La sua realtà è stata totalmente stravolta, rendendo ardua la distinzione tra ciò che è vero e ciò che esiste meramente a livello mentale. La diciassettenne è di nuovo in viaggio e non è sola. La combriccola di mutanti è in pessime condizioni fisiche ed, a livello psicologico, la situazione è oltremodo peggiore. Due avvenimenti opposti hanno scatenato l'inizio della fine, o la fine dell'inizio: la perdita e la scoperta. Inoltre il tradimento è difficile da mandare giù, specialmente per Shannon. Sebbene uno squarcio di verità sia stato appena acquisito, tanti sono i segreti che devono ancora venire a galla. L'oscurità sta avanzando. Dietro ogni angolo buio è nascosta un'insidia. Il mondo sarà sufficiente ad essere l'unico teatro di guerra? Gli incubi dilagheranno, oscurando persino il giorno? Se gli occhi sono lo specchio dell'anima, cosa sarà lo specchio delle ombre? Protetto da copyright. Tutti i diritti appartengono a sofisemmi © ed è vietata la copia parziale o totale dell'opera. {Ringrazio @koaluch per la fantastica copertina!} #7 in Paranormale l'11/03/16 #5 l'1/05/16 #3 il 2/08/16 #1 il 29/01/17
Wuthering Heights (1847) by EmilyBronte
Wuthering Heights (1847)
EmilyBronte
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  • Parts 34
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) (Completed) by ThomasHardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) (Completed)
ThomasHardy
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  • Parts 59
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in book form in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England.