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A story on love and friendship by Oscar Wilde. The story is about a fisherman who catches a mermaid. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her! However, she cannot marry him until he has lost his human soul. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *PET-style activities *Trinty-style activities (grade 4) *Dossiers: Aestheticism - the cult of beauty, Children´s literature in the 1800s and The Little Mermaid *Special audio CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a variety of games and activities for further practice *Internet project *Exit tset with answer key

Was Nostradamus really a prophet or were his predictions a mere coincidence? What mystery lies behind the curse of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh King Tut? Can an exquisite diamond bring death and tragedy to its owners? Does evil really exist and what forms can it take? Find out about these strange stories and others, and perhaps you'll be able to solve our world's greatest mysteries! *Wide range of activities covering the four skills *PET-style activities *Trinity-style activities (grade 5) Internet Project *Text recorded in full *Exit with answer key

Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s ‘The Five Orange Pips’; in Charles Dickens’ ‘Hunted Down’ a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in ‘The Stir Outside the Café Royal’ by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fiancé’s killer; and in G. K. Chesterton’s ‘The Oracle of the Dog’ Father Brown solves a difficult murder case. *Wide range of activities on the four skills *PET-style activities *Trinity-style activities (grade 6) Dossier provodong a historical introduction to the genre *Internet Project *Exit test with answer key *Recording of three of the stories

When Jonathan Harker goes to Transylvania to visit Count Dracula on business, he discovers that his client’s motives for coming to England are rather more sinister than they first appeared. Bram Stoker’s spine-tingling masterpiece has terrified readers since it was published in 1897 and is undoubtedly the most famous vampire story of all time. *FCE-style activities Trinity-style activities (grade 7) *Wide range of activities covering the four skills *Internet project *Recording of parts of the text *Dossiers on Bram Stoker and real vampires *Exit test

Beowulf is the largest surviving example of Old English poetry. The poem refers back to the killing of monsters in Scandinavia, but it views the battles with monsters as conflicts between good and evil. Thus, the first monster, Grendel, is described as ‘God’s enemy’. The poem contrasts human society, which is ordered and based on trust, with the terrors of the unknown world.

*Wide range of activities practising the four skills
*FCE-style exercises
*Internet project
*Dossiers giving background information on Beowulf
*Dramatic recording of the text
*Exit test