Added by: snwwte | Karma: 3109.76 | Kids, Fiction literature | 12 May 2010
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Oh, What A Mess! by Hans Wilhelm
'Oh, What A Mess' is another book that has been written by the wonderfully talented author and illustrator for children’s books.
'Oh, What A Mess' is about a family of pigs who live in a home together and this family does not like to clean up or even take a bath. All except for a little pig by the name of Franklin who is always clean, always trying to tidy up his room and making sure that he is washed every day before heading to school.
New Grub Street portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. "Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor," writes Francine Prose, "its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce.”
Astonishingly ahead of its time, "The Odd Women" is a pioneering work of early feminism. Gissing's depiction of the daring feminist Rhoda Nunn, is an unflinching portrayal of one woman's struggle to reconcile her own desires with her deepest principles.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Graded Reader, Level 4 - Intermediate)A young man named Dorian Gray has a portrait painted of himself. The artist and another friend convince Dorian that the only important thing in life is beauty, which causes Dorian great distress as he realises that he must age and therefore lose his beauty. To prevent such a catastrophe he sells his soul in exchange for the ability to remain young and attractive forever. But something sinister is lurking in the portrait which he had painted of himself...
Kahlil Gibran's The Madman"You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, long before many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen, the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives, I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, “Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves.”
Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear of me..."
