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These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.
Edgar Allan Poe, ‘the father of the detective story’ and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win – and which will lose – their battles?
This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable.
Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him again. Why? And what will happen when she finds him?
This collection of six short stories, based on Shakespeare's plays, is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest writers. Meet the tragic young lovers Romeo and Juliet, mad King Lear, angry young Hamlet, and many more of the most famous characters in world literature.
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress of Hartfield, her father’s house in the beautiful English countryside. But when she starts matchmaking she finds that her imagination has led her into danger. *FCE-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises *Wide range of...
When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. But what happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? A brilliant and disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth, while he pursues pleasure and passion.*Wide...
‘Lock me in any cell in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week.’ For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as ‘The Thinking Machine’, nothing is impossible. Logic is his passion. One hour later he finds himself locked up in Chisholm prison and has to use all his mental resources...
When the captain tells Robinson, ‘Young man, you should never go to sea again… , Robinson ignores his advice and goes to sea again, with terrible consequences. He is forced into slavery and escapes, but he is then shipwrecked on a desert island where he manages to survive through resourcefulness and luck. *Wide range of activities on the four...
Baptista’s two beautiful daughters are ready for marriage. Bianca, pursued in love by three different suitors, cannot marry until someone dares to marry her sister, the proud and contemptuous Katharine. Then Petruchio arrives in Padua and proposes to Katharine. Will he be able to turn her into a model of devotion and obedience?*Wide range of...
David is looking forward to a quiet week by the sea with his girlfriend – but things don’t turn out as expected... Who stole the diamond necklace? Inspector Baker has been promised promotion if he can solve the case. Will he succeed?... Trudy is depressed and miserable. She isn’t getting on with her parents. She’s not the only one...
A group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury decide that each traveller should tell a story. Read about tales by the Knight, the Nun’s Priest, the Pardoner, the Wife of Bath and the Franklin. *Wide range of activities covering the four skills *FCE-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises *Dossiers on Chaucer and his...
Mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas. He doesn’t like people. He only likes money. But when the ghost of his friend, Old Marley, visits him on Christmas Eve, it’s the beginning of a very strange night. Next morning he wishes everybody a Merry Christmas! So what has changed bad, old Scrooge? *FCE-style activities...
Since the autumn of 1888, when he terrorised London, Jack the Ripper has become famous all over the world. How did he escape justice? And who was he? There have been hundreds of suspects and theories but nobody has yet discovered his identity. Jack the Ripper takes you back to the dark streets of Victorian London, to investigate the crimes, examine the...
In Venice, Bassanio needs money to court a rich heiress. His merchant friend Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. Shylock demands that the money is repaid in three months or he will take a pound of Antonio’s flesh. The merchant confidently agrees, but ultimately it will take the intelligence of two women to save him…...
Colin Fenton and his wife run a busy computer software company but only Colin knows that the business is in serious trouble - to the tune of L10,000. When a chance meeting in a pub leads him to an offer that will, he thinks, quickly and easily solve all his problems, he accepts. But he loses the gamble and subsequently his identity, leaving his wife to...