Carti in categoria Fairy tales and classic stories

CEFR Level: B1Theme: LoveThe philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.In this Reader you will find: Background information about this novel | A short biography of Jane Austen | Glossary of difficult words | Comprehension activities | Preliminarystyle activities | Exit test Tags: Love | SocietyElinor is careful but Marianne is not. They both meet the man of their dreams, but will they find true happiness? Sense and ...

CEFR Level: A2Theme: LoveRomeo 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. In this Reader you will find: - Information about William Shakespeare’s life - Sections focusing on background and context - Glossary of difficu...

CEFR Level: A1Theme: AnimalsCrusoe’s father wants him to be a good guy, but Crusoe wants nothing more than to travel around the world. His first voyage is a disaster! Robinson survives but doesn’t go home and travels to Brazil. Then…In this Reader you will find:Information about Daniel Dafoe’s life | Focus On Sections | Appreciation and Extension Activities At the age of eighteen, Robinson Crusoe, a young Englishman, leaves his family to see the world. One night, there&r...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: Love‘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.’Tag: Love & FriendshipIn this Reader you will find:- Information about Jane Austen’s life- Sections focusing on background and context- Glossary of difficult words- Comprehension activities- PET-style activities- Exit test Mrs Bennet has five daug...

CEFR Level: C1Theme: Social IssuesMrs 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. London 1923. The First World War has been over for five years, but the effects are still being felt all round the metropolis. A ocialite and politician’s wife prepares for one of her famous parties while somewhere else in the city an old friend contemplates the pain of past and present love, a war veteran struggles ...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: AnimalsOne of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter.In this Reader you will find:Pre-reading activities | Comprehension Activites | First Certificate Examination Preparation exercisesTagsAdventureIsmael, a young sailor, tells this classic American tale of the gigantic white whale and his obsessed hunter, Captain Ahab. Start your jour...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: Social Issues‘There’s daggers in men’s smiles’ (Act II, Sc. III) Tag Ambition PowerIn 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. Until, that is, he meets three evil witches after a battle against King Duncan&rsqu...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: FriendshipThe novel has attracted the admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James and Jorge Luis Borges.Kidnapped is an adventure story set in Scotland in the 18th century about a young man, David Balfour. After his father dies, David leaves his quiet, hometown in search of a new life at the house of Shaws. However, he immediately runs into danger at the hands of his cruel uncle Ebenezer and his adventures start here. He gets caught up with criminals but also makes frien...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: Social IssuesJane 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. But she is no ordinary young woman; despite her lonely a...

CEFR Level: C2Theme: Social IssuesHeart of Darkness is classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the “100 best novels” and part of the Western canon. Marlow, a man who has spent his life at sea, tells the story of a journey up the River Congo which changed his life. His journey upriver to find Kurtz, the charismatic head of a colonial trading station, takes him into the very heart of Africa and leads Marlow to question both Kurtz’s dubious methods and his own v...

CEFR Level: A2Theme: Love“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”– William Shakespeare, HamletAfter Hamlet sees his father’s ghost, he begins to act in a strange way. He now knows the terrible secret of his father’sdeath and must decide what to do. Many people think he’s become mad? Is it true? Will he do what his father’s ghost asks?And what about love? Will he lose Ophelia’s love for him? Read the play and see how Hamlet&r...

CEFR Level: A1Theme: AdventureJonathan 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 testTags: Classic | literature | satireGulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets people from the past and horses who can talk. He also encounters pir...

CEFR Level: A2Theme: LoveGreat 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 | LiteraturePip is born poor, but one day his life mysteriously changes. He is sent to London to learn to become a gentleman. But who is paying for his ed...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: Adventure‘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.’Victor Frankenstein is a young, ambitious scientist who wants to make a better world, but does not understand the consequences of his work. Victor makes great advances in the study of medicine and biology and creates a new species of human being – one that is so terr...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: Love"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, rich, intelligent and a snob. She says she will never marry, but loves matchmaking and is determined to find a suitable husband for her friend Harriet Smith. However, her imagination often leads her to make mistakes, creating problems for both her and the people around her. Jane Austen describes the social values of her time and the novel is full of comical moments as Emma causes one disaster...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: LoveJoyce’s first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of a life in another country are just a few of Joyce’s Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and disappointments of his characters. He also shows us turnof- the-century Dublin in fascinating detail. This selection of ei...

CEFR Level: A2Theme: Social IssuesAlthough Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form.In this Reader you will find:Information about Bram Stoker’s life | Focus On sections: Communication & Technology in Dracula, CLIL Natural History: Bats | Glossary of difficult words | Comprehension and extension activities | Final testTagsClassic | Literature | Mild | HorrorWhen Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, he soon realises that he has made a big m...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: AdventureOne of the most universally studied of the English classics, Beowulf is considered the finest heroic poem in Old English.This epic poem tells the story of Beowulf, a warrior who becomes famous by helping Hrothgar, King ofthe Danes. Beowulf kills first Grendel, a horrible demon who terrorizes the Danes every night, and then Grendel'svengeful mother. Beowulf returns to his own country to become king. Late in life he decides to fight a dangerous dragon and...SyllabusVe...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: LoveA Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel.Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story of two men, Frenchman, Charles Darnay, and Englishman, Sydney Carton. As the Revolution takes hold and the Terror begins, the two men’s destinies bring them together in a powerful story of love, hate and revenge. We meet revolutionaries and aristocrats, and see the poverty of many in both London and Paris contr...

CEFR Level: A1Theme: AdventureA Study in Scarlet is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first story with Holmes and Watson.Come and walk the dark streets of London with the great Mr Sherlock Holmes!When Sherlock Holmes gets a letter from the police, he and his newfriend, Doctor Watson, have a difficult problem. Who is the rich man in theempty house? Why did he die? And, most important of all, will Holmes andWatson find the man who did it? Or will they be too late?SyllabusNouns – Plural - Posses...