didactic fiction

A collection of writings by Wilde including the story of a youth of exceptional beauty gets his wish to remain untouched by the passage of time when it is arranged that his portrait will age in his place.

A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil.

A parable about the economy is which a college student learns about price gouging, economic growth, and the standard of living when he plans a protest against a local retailer that hiked its prices after an earthquake.

A police officer assigned to capture an elusive drug dealer does not realize that the man he is chasing is really himself--a situation brought about by the drug's capability of producing split personalities in its users.

After he causes hurt feelings and gets in trouble for saying whatever he thinks, RJ learns that he should evaluate social situations and decide what is appropriate to say before speaking. Includes tips for parents and educators.

Presents selected writings from the 1830s through the 1860s by author and activist Harriet Beecher Stowe, grouped in the categories of early sketches; antislavery writings, which includes the complete novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; and domestic culture and politics in which she shares her thinking on the Victorian home.

aBathsheba Everdene arrives in Weatherbury to receive her inheritance and attracts three suitors.

Esther, the illegitinate child of Lady Dedlock and Captain Hawdon, is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce and lives with him at Bleak House.

A cautionary tale about nuclear war that revolves around a Bolivian girl named Paola and the legend describing the origins of her country's beloved tricolored flower, the kantuta.