In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories of mystery and suspense. They range from Gothic historical stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, through to detective fiction like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and an early science fiction tale - A Descent into the Maelström.
The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. Elinor is careful but Marianne is not. They both meet the man of their dreams, but will they find true happiness?
Theseus of Athens is looking forward to his wedding to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. But two other young couples are not so happy: Hermia wants to marry Lysander, but her father doesn’t agree. Helena loves Demetrius, but he wants to marry Hermia. The King and Queen of the Fairies don’t love each other any more, so they start to play tricks on each other.
When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, he soon realises that he has made a big mistake. What is happening in the lonely castle? Where does Count Dracula go during the day? Why are there no mirrors?
Heart of Darkness is classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the “100 best novels” and part of the Western canon.
Mrs Dalloway is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I. It is one of Woolf’s best-known novels. In this Reader you will find: Information about Virginia Woolf life | Sections focusing on background and context | Glossary | Comprehension activities Tags Love | Society London 1923.
Joyce’s first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.
Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many years.’ In this Reader you will find: A short biography of Charlotte Brontë | Glossary | Comprehension activities | PET-style activities | Exit test Tags Love | Society Jane Eyre is an orphan, and all alone in the world.
Great Expectations depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. In this Reader you will find: Information about Charles Dickens’ life | A section focusing on background and context | CLIL History | Glossary | Comprehension activities | KET-style activities | Exit test Tags Classic | English | Literature Pip is born poor, but one day his life mysteriously changes.
Jonathan Swift’s best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. In this Reader you will find: information about Jonathan Swift’s life | CLIL History: European Exploration | glossary | comprehension activities | exit test Tags Classic | literature | satire Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places.
Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was published in 1925 and has justifiably become a 20th century literary classic. In this Reader you will find: - Focus on… - CAE-style activities - Glossary of difficult words - Test yourself - Comprehension activities Tag Love Society “Gatsby?” asked Daisy urgently. “What Gatsby?
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope.
There’s daggers in men’s smiles’ (Act II, Sc. III) Tag Ambition Power In this Reader you will find: - Focus on… - PET-style activities - Glossary of difficult words - Exit Test - Comprehension activities - A section focussing on CLIL Physical Geography Scotland in the eleventh century. Macbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland.
After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death.
After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the uncomfortable coach which was taking me to my new home.
Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daughters.
A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.’ Tag Fantasy In this Reader you will find: - Information about Oscar Wilde’s life - Sections focusing on background and context - Glossary of difficult words - Comprehension activities - PET-style activities - Exit test Late nineteenth-century London: a city of contrasts.
Romeo Montague was in love with Juliet Capulet. He went over to her. ‘I don’t know who you are’ he said. ‘But I know that I love you.’ ‘You’re very handsome,’ she replied. ‘I think I love you too.’ Romeo kissed Juliet and then they kissed again. They were in love.
Suddenly, in the darkness, there was a terrible, low howl and it came from the moor. ‘The hound!
Tokijčan známy ako Botchan si myslí, že učiť pár hlúpych stredoškolákov bude jednoduché – veď vlastne prakticky žijú v minulosti. Ale rozprávač čoskoro zistí, že ho obklopujú samí podvodníci a práca učiteľa, ktorá mala byť prechádzkou ružovou záhradou, je tŕnistá. Dokáže sa sám predrať späť iba s pomocou svojho morálneho kompasu?