Dorian

With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham.

Takes both subject and style seriously. This title features the locations, characters, plot and epigrams transposed from the 1890s to the 1990s.

Still rattled from his battle with Basil Hallward, Dorian Gray struggles on regaining his confidence on continuing his fight with the Morbi. But when his great-grandfather, Dorian Gray I, escapes from the painting, Dorian must go on a harrowing journey where he’ll uncover the secrets to his past that will change his life forever.

"This book examines the broad archive of texts that Oscar Wilde read from quite early in his literary career through to the release of Dorian Gray, making the case for a transnational network of literary forms that influenced Wilde's unique and hybrid prose. Arguing that prevailing scholarly discourse on Dorian's aesthetic and decadent contexts has unintentionally obscured an even richer array of cultural movements from which Wilde drew inspiration, O'Toole makes a significant case for a more dynamic reading of the novel"--

Hurricane Dorian is a heartbreaking tale for The Bahamas. It was one of the strongest North Atlantic hurricanes and the strongest Bahamian hurricane and caused about $3.4 billion in damages to the Bahamian economy. Hurricane Dorian struck Abaco and Grand Bahama with wind speeds of 185 mph and had the highest wind speeds for a North Atlantic landfalling hurricane. The storm caused the death of 74 people in The Bahamas. In addition, more than 75 percent of all homes on Abaco were either damaged or destroyed. In East End, Grand Bahama, satellite data suggested that 76 to 100 percent of the buildings were destroyed. This book includes the meteorological history, records broken, compelling personal recollections, its impact on each island affected, a chapter on climate change and its effects on hurricanes, the benefits of hurricanes, and why we need them on planet Earth. This book is a must-read!

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jill Nevile. ‘When we are happy, we are always good’, says Lord Henry, ‘but when we are good, we are not always happy.’ Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven – even murder – if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

Перед вами всемирно известный роман Оскара Уайльда «Портрет Дориана Грея».Несмотря на то что роман написан в конце 19 в., по своей проблематике он остро современен, потому что его тема – личность, мораль, ответственность, вседозволенность – вечна.Текст произведения подготовлен для уровня UpperIntermediate (т. е. для продолжающих учить английский язык верхней ступени) и снабжен комментариями.В конце книги дается англо-русский словарь.