Resultados para "Millionaires" en Narrativa literaria

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar—the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin.

One of Oscar Wilde's most charming stories, combining art, painting, wit, love, romance, and generosity. English wit, American vigor, and Irish sentimentality too - all part of Wilde's makeup. Hard to hear without tearing up a bit at the end.

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend, Alan Trevor, is a painter, and Erskine visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar - the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin. Read in English, unabridged.

August is a sales clerk who isn't sure why, but feels like he's destined for more. Without a plan or a clue, he meets the Backyard Millionaire, who sets him off on a path of self discovery. Life's real treasures are often closer than you think. Your purpose, wealth, and wondrous life are waiting for you, right there in your own backyard.

Bloomsbury presents Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee, read by Jennifer Sun Bell. **FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PACHINKO** ‘This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel..’ The Times ‘Exquisitely evoked.’ USA Today ‘Ambitious and...

In the stunning debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko, the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants strives to join Manhattan's inner circle. National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee introduces the unforgettable Casey Han: a strong-willed, Queens-bred...

Bloomsbury presents The Girl with the Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup, read by Rea Malhotra Mukhtyar. A high-stakes tour-de-force from Vikas Swarup, the internationally bestselling author of Q & A, the book that inspired one of the most memorable films of the twenty-first century: hit Hollywood...

Two very short stories from the master of the witty turn of phrase and of narrative.

Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way. All at sea among his sprawling, noisy brood he reaches out to Arjun, his eldest, and seemingly wisest, son. But Arjun has his own problems: how to tell the girl on the school bus...