A Tangled Web

from the back cover: Deception is usually frowned on as morally unacceptable, but is it always wrong? Can hiding or distorting the truth sometimes have good effects, adding to the sum of human happiness? These ten stories are full of secrets and lies, from a light-hearted bit of fun to dark and desperate deceit; but whether harmless or evil, deception can sometimes lead to quite unexpected com…

The Picture of Dorian Gray

from the back cover: '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.

Animals Everywhere

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0732734843

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16 p.; il.: col.

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595 WIL

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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9780451530455

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823 WIL T

Complete Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde

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9780451531070

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823 WIL C

The Importance of Being Earnest

from the back cover: Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him presents 'from little Cecily, with all her love'? But when the beautiful Gwendolen Fairfax says that she can only love a man whose name is Ernest, Jack decides to change his name, and b…

The Canterville Ghost

from the back cover : There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville's family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the new house and the ghost - because of course don't believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of th Otis family.…