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Marlow, a merchant sailor, travels through colonial Africa. He makes a perilous journey by steamboat to rescue Kurtz, an agent, who is seriously ill. He arrives at Kurtz’s station to find that the agent has taken control of the whole area. In his complete isolation from civilised society Kurtz has instituted a brutal system of human sacrifice and magic to enthral the natives. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *FCE-style activities *Trinity-style activities (grade 8) Dossiers: Conrad and the Colonial Experience and Narrative Technique ´Heart of Darkness´ *Internet project *Text recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

George Kranky is eight years old and lives on a farm with his parents and grandmother. One day, Mrs Kranky leaves George at home to look after Grandma while she goes shopping. George isn’t at all pleased – he’s bored at home alone and he doesn’t like Grandma one bit. She’s a nasty, selfish old woman who is always rude to George, especially when his parents aren’t at home. She likes to frighten him and say that she’s a witch with magic powers that can change him into any shape she likes.

Roald Dahl’s books appeal to children because his stories carry a message about right and wrong which children understand. Dahl’s writing style is playful and inventive, and includes rhyme, rhythm, repetition, nonsense words and sound symbolism (onomatopoeia).<

Snow White’s life is in danger when her father marries again and his new wife, Queen Bella, becomes terribly jealous of Snow White’s beauty. But Queen Bella’s plans fail, and Snow White finds safety at the cottage of the seven dwarfs before becoming reunited with her father.

The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve years old and contains original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels.
All the readers can be easily dramatised. The most recent titles are accompanied by playscriptswhich can be downloaded free from our website.

Features

• beautiful illustrations, to encourage reading and active

History

This is the true story of a brave, adventurous man, a real American hero, who has become a legend.
Davy loved danger, justice and freedom. He was the true American free spirit of the 1800s who helped to build America.

Dossiers:
Hunters and Trappers
The American Frontier
Jim Bowie and the Bowie Knife
Davy Crockett State Park

Exit test
Series: Green Apple | Level: Step 1 | Exam: ket

Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Jim is a young British officer on the passenger ship Patna. During an accident at sea in the Indian Ocean, Jim follows the captain and abandons the sinking ship and its passengers. Jim must face a court trial for this act of cowardice, which will torment him all his life. At the trial Jim meets Marlow, an older sea captain, who helps him find work. But Jim is always restless. He moves to Malaysia where he tries to start a new life...

Dossier:
Colonial Malaysia
Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 5 | Exam: fce trinity

Love

The arrival of Countess Ellen Olenska in the Verdana of the 1870s creates a stir in high society, challenging rigid conventions and hypocritical respectability. Glamorous and strong-willed, she causes scandal and embarrassment when she decides to free herself of an unhappy marriage by divorcing her husband. Greatly disapproved of by her family, she can only count on the support of her cousin's fiancé, Newland Archer, who falls in love with her and tries to persuade her to start a new life together with him.

Dossiers:
Verdana in the 1870s
The Verdana Films of Martin Scorsese

After reading
Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 5 | Exam: fce trinity

Love

In 1806, Captain Frederick Wentworth and Miss Anne Elliot fell in love, but since neither of them had any money, Anne's friend Lady Russell persuaded Anne not to marry the Captain. Eight years later, Anne and Frederick meet again. By this time Frederick has made a fortune in the Navy, but he is still angry with Anne for rejecting him. This - the last of Jane Austen's novels - is also the most delicate and moving love story she ever wrote.

Dossiers:
The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars
Lyme Regis and Bath
The Woman Question in Jane Austen's Time

After Reading

Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 5 | Exam: fce trinity

Retold by Nancy Timmins

Humour & comedy

After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria, Viola disguises herself as a boy to get a position at the court of Duke Orsino, who is in love with beautiful Olivia. Unknown to Viola, her twin brother Sebastian has also survived the shipwreck. When he too arrives in Illyria, confusion and misunderstandings follow.
After many cases of mistaken identity, who will be lucky in love? The lovesick Duke, mournful Olivia or practical Viola?

Dossiers:
The Meaning of Twelfth Night
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre

Exit test
Payscript

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