The acclaimed novel fro...
An Audio version of Oscar Wilde''s famous play; originally produced by the CBC.
When the narrator receives an invitation to visit Egypt as the guest of the French Embassy in Cairo, he anticipates a boring week of literary discussions and official dinners. He certainly does not...
Barrytown, Dublin, has...
Illustrated by A. Pearse
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The opening scene of our tale is a wild tract of common land interspersed with forest and heath which lies northward at the foot of the eastern range of the Sussex downs.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)
In studying the rise of this curious sect I have discovered that certain misconceptions concerning it are deeply rooted in the minds of many of the more earnest of the well-wishers to society.' (Ex...