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Dickens famous Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge loves only one thing - money. He has no friends, doesnt like his family and never helps anyone.

Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916-2000) está considerado como el mejor dramaturgo español contemporáneo. En 1933 ingresó en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Madrid, pero su vocación pictórica fue cortada por la guerra civil de 1936-1939. Dedicado a la soledad

The novellas impact is such that it has become a part of the language.Jekyll is a famous London doctor, but something unusual is happening in his house. Who is his strange young friend? Why does Jekyll like him? And why does no-one else like him? Ste

Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form.When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, he soon realises that he has made a big mistake. What is happening in the lonely castle? Where does Count Dracu

Joyces first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of a life in another country are jus

Mary Lennox não tem muitos motivos para estar feliz. Aos 10 anos, acaba de perder os pais num surto de cólera na Índia e está sendo enviada para a Inglaterra, onde terá de viver de favor em Misselthwhite Manor, na mansão de um misterioso tio. Ao muda

Scott Fitzgeralds third novel was published in 1925 and has justifiably become a 20th century literary classic.Topics Love, SocietyGatsby? asked Daisy urgently. What Gatsby? Could it be the same young army lieutenant whom Daisy Fay met five years ag

An adventure novel featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.Richard Hannay is bored. He is all alone in a big city, and he wants something to happen, anyth

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poes most famous stories of mystery and suspense. They range from Gothic historical stories such as The

"Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daughters."Mrs Bennet has five daughters and they are

A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.Dorian is visiting his friend, the kind and gentle painter Basil Hallward, when he meets Lord Henry Wotton. Entertaining and cynical, Lord Henry

After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the uncomfortable coach which was taking me to my new

Em Viagens de Gulliver, polêmica obra-prima do século XVIII que mistura literatura de viagem, aventura e ficção científica, Jonathan Swift expõe o homem, suas instituições, seu apego irracional ao poder e ao ouro, e sua insistência em prolongar a vid

Que viagem estranha! No entanto tinha começado bem. De minha parte, nunca tinha feito outra que se anunciasse melhor. O Provence é um transatlântico veloz, confortável, comandado pelo mais afável dos homens. A sociedade mais seleta ali reunida. Fazia

Publicado em 1870, Vinte mil léguas submarinas é uma das obras de aventura quintessenciais da literatura ocidental. Mais do que isso, o francês Jules Verne ajudou a estabelecer um tipo de romance que, sem abrir mão por um segundo da mais eletrizantec

´O rei dos peixes´, ´A tesoura´, ´A linguagem dos animais´, ´Os três soldados´, ´Uma dúzia de uma só tacada´, ´Donzelas-cisne´, ´Mantenha a calma´, ´O visitante do paraíso´, ´O marido invisível´ são algumas das histórias que você encontra neste volum