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The Durbeyfield family are poor and simple people, but their ancestors were the mighty d’Urbervilles, an ancient and noble family. When the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their eldest daughter Tess to visit her wealthy cousin and ask for help, but the wealthy cousin has a young son, Alec Stoke-d’Urberville, who finds Tess very attractive…

The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonderfully funny and ironic story about two inexperienced kidnappers and their unusual ‘victim’, with a great surprise ending. O. Henry’s unique talent enabled him to create a world full of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

Adela Quested visits India with Mrs Moore to decide whether to marry the latter’s son, Ronny. Obsessed with understanding the ‘real India’, the two women make friends with Dr Aziz who invites them to the mysterious Marabar caves…

Un numero telefonico su una banconota da 50 euro, un mazzo di rose rosse, un fioraio dall’aria sospetta. Tutte cose apparentemente banali, che passano normalmente inosservate… non è così, però, per l’occhio attento e vigile di un commissario di polizia ormai in pensione. Fatevi coinvolgere in questa avventura, aiutate il commissario a risolvere il mistero!

A finales del siglo XVII en Madrid, una joven y bellísima gitana llamada Preciosa, provoca la admiración de cuantos la ven bailar y de cuantos la oyen presagiar la suerte. Un joven y apuesto gentilhombre, decide abandonar su rango, hacerse gitano, partir a la aventura y convivir con los gitanos para merecer su amor. La aventura se complica, cuando es acusado de un crimen y encarcelado. Preciosa pide clemencia al Corregidor, desconociendo que… El amor, la aventura y el mis...

Buck, a big happy dog, is kidnapped from his comfortable home in California and is sold as sled dog in the cold Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. His new life in the Norhland is difficult, chellenging, adventurous… and full of surprises!

A finales del siglo XV, la vieja Celestina se dedica a concertar amores en su propio beneficio. Calisto le pide ayuda para conseguir los favores de Melibea. ¿Será capaz Celestina con sus artificios de hacer caer a la joven en los brazos de Calisto? El autor, con un empleo magistral del lenguaje, da vida a personajes complejos, recrea ambientes y ofrece una visión amarga y pesimista de la vida, de la que se desprende un profundo lirismo....

The fascinating character of Maggie Tulliver and her relationship with her brother Tom is at the centre of this moving story of rural Victorian England. As she grows up, the intelligent and imaginative Maggie is oppressed by the limited role offered to women and is eventually ostracised by her family and local society. George Eliot gives a deep psychological insight of the different characters, exploring their feelings, their moral worth and motivations....

The Young King tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king and realises that money is not worth human suffering. In The Star Child a baby is found in the forest and discovers his true identity after many adventures. The Nightingale and the Rose is a tale of a nightingale who sacrifices her life to create the perfect red rose for a student in love.

In der belebtesten Straße Berlin, steht ein altes, scheinbar unbewohntes Haus. Theodor flaniert täglich die Straße entlang und bleibt immer vor dem Haus stehen. Gibt es eine plausible Erklärung für die Existenz dieses Hauses? Als Theodor dort eines Tages eine Frau im Fenster sieht, macht er sich selbst auf die Suche nach einer Erklärung und riskiert Hals und Kragen. Mit Übungen zum Leseverständnis, zu Wortschatz und Grammatik sowie Audio-CD mit dem gesam...

Siegfried und Kriemhild sind in Zitaten und Anspielungen noch heute lebendig, und das nicht nur im deutschsprachigen Raum. Grund genug, einmal die ‘wahre Geschichte’ der beiden zu lesen: eine dramatische, mitunter komische Geschichte von Liebe und Treue, von Mord und Rache, bei der sich auch Jugendliche nicht langweilen werden. Das mittelhochdeutsche Epos eines unbekannten Autors wird hier in einer vereinfachten Prosaversion für Deutschlerner vorgelegt. Der reich illustrierte T...

Anthology of short stories and extracts from important works by some of the most important authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection helps students improve their all-round linguistic competence and, through a wide range of activities, introduces them to the concepts of literary analysis. Each chapter also includes a chronology of the author’s life and a synoptic table to enable contextualization of what is read.

This selection of ten short stories about women by modern writers (James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Roald Dahl, James Thurber, Edna O’Brien, Anne Cassidy, Malachi Whitaker and Janet Frame) from different English-speaking countries – England, Ireland, America and New Zealand – explores such themes as love’s dilemma, loneliness, crime, myths and nostalgia. Dictionary work, the role of the narrator, setting, story and plots, speech modes and characterisation are all featur...

Freddy Finds the Thief gives children their first taste of English in the form of a play: they read and act out the adventures of Freddy, who helps the king to unveil a thief in the castle. They will meet an assortment of lively characters who add colour to the story and personality to the script. In addition, the exercises offer the opportunity to ‘play’ with words, listen to and act out a series of amusing sketches and above all, lose their inhibitions and develop fluency when spea...

Mais qu’y a-t-il donc dans le grenier et pourquoi des bruits étranges parviennent de là-haut, précisément quand les adultes dorment? Hélène et André montent courageusement l’escalier défendu, bien décidés à en avoir le cœur net. Cette histoire mystérieuse va permettre aux petits lecteurs de découvrir des façons de dire et de penser dans une langue différente de la leur et d...

El protagonista secuestra a una novicia de un convento, doña Inés de Ulloa, una apuesta. Desgraciadamente para él, se enamora de verdad y tendrá pues que enfrentarse con el padre de ella. José Zorrilla consigue aquí una salvación de su protagonista don Juan, presentado con mucha simpatía a pesar de sus típicas características de “el legendario rebelde”: firmeza, arrogancia, ímpetu…...

This is a story about a witch who is so stupid that she is actually harmless! She becomes extremely dangerous however, when a blow to her head turns her into a good witch. There is nothing worse than a very stupid person who wants to do good, particularly if she has magic powers on her side!

The illustrations in this exciting reader for beginners will enthuse children to the point that they won’t want to part with their Mowgli. When Mowgli meets the tiger, Shere Khan and isn’t able to cross the river to escape, he realises that he must learn to swim. With a little help from his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi and the others, Mowgli discovers that swimming isn’t so difficult after all!

Sweet and Sour is an involving and varied collection of gripping and enjoyable short stories whose captivating storylines greatly enhance readers’ enjoyment. All of them feature light and dark sides of human nature. Some stories have a devilish or unpredictable twist in the tale, some show how ordinary people are driven to murder, revenge and deceit by unexpected circumstances or odd events. Sweet and Sour includes stories by Vivien Alcock, Margery Allingham, Isaac Asimov, Bernard Capes, ...

Not all aliens are bad. However, being friends with a kind alien may have its negative points!