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Late one night, on a lonely road near London, Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher, meets a solitary woman dressed in white. This is the opening scene of The Woman in White, a great Victorian sensation novel, full of mystery, excitement, and suspense. Who is the mysterious woman in white, and why is she alone on the road to London at midnight?

*Wide range of activities practising the four skills

*FCE-style activities *Trinity-style activities (grade 7)

*Dossier on Victorian Asylums

*Internet project

*Text recorded in full

*Exit test with answer key

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In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. The tenacious Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas Fogg is a robber, pursues him relentlessly across the continents. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *PET-style activities *Trinity-style activities (grades 4/5) *Dossiers: India and British Colonies in the East and A Famous Indian and a Famous Cowboy. *Internet projects *Story recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

Three best friends are travelling around Australia in search of adventure before they start university back home in the UK. But after celebrating Christmas Day on Sydney’s Bondi Beach one of them goes missing. Lisa is just an ordinary 18-year-old, so why would anyone want to kidnap her? Amy and Claire are determined to find her, but as they search desperately through the city of Sydney they do not know that Lisa and her kidnapper share a chilling connection… *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *KET-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (grade 3) *Dossiers on Sydney and Around Australia *Internet project *Story recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted horses, sailors and thieves. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *KET-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (grade 4) *Dossiers on Versions of ´The Thousand and One Nights´and Baghdad, the city of ´The Thousand and One Nights´ * Internet projects *Story recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

Wuthering Heights is home to the Earnshaw family, who adopt an orphan called Heathcliff. When they grow up, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall deeply in love. But Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton from the big house across the moors. Heathcliff runs away in despair. When he returns some years later, a series of terrible events destroys the relationship between the Lintons and the Earnshaws.

*Wide variety of activities covering the four skills
*FCE-style exercises (grade 8)
*Internet project
*Recording of parts of the text
*Dossier on A Family of Writers (the Brontës)
*Exit test with answer key

This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!

William Shakespeare's tragic story of the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, is as relevant now as it was over 400 years ago. Romeo a Julie je jedna z nejpopulárnějších Shakespearových her. Tento reader je napsán jako scénář a obsahuje úryvky z originálního rukopisu.

Charlie's family is poor, so he cannot go to school. He works as a shoeshine boy and dreams of being rich. Then one day, he has a chance to make his dreams come true. Recommended for younger readers. * 16 pages * full colour illustrations

Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. There, in the heart of Africa, his search for the extraordinary Mr Kurtz caused him to question his own nature and values – and the nature and values of his society. British English

Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of Montgomery's master – the even more mysterious Doctor Moreau?