Oxford Bookworms: The Pit and the Pendulum + MP3 audio download

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.

Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting... In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad...

CEFR A2/B1
Word count 6,000

Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio.

• * Read at a comfortable level with word count and CEFR level on every cover
• * Illustrations, photos, and diagrams support comprehension
• * Activities build language skills and check understanding
• * Glossaries teach difficult vocabulary
• * Free editable tests for every book
• * Selected Bookworms are available for your tablet or computer through the Oxford Learner's Bookshelf

Fantasy & Horror

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