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A play. One of Oscar Wilde's best-loved stories. The amusing confrontation between the British and American ways of upper-class life in the past is interwoven with the tale of how the pure love of Virginia, a young American girl, helps Sir Simon, The Canterville Ghost, to find peace at last. This little play in simple English is intended to provide a lively alternative to the narrative version of the story. Several characters have been added to give as many pupils as possible a chance to read a part or indeed play a role in a school performance. Denne titel kan også købes som e-bog hos netboghandlere online.

One day, the Hawaiian sailor, Keawe, comes into possession of a magical bottle inhabited by an imp who says he can make all Keawes wishes come true. His magic however, comes at a terrible cost. If Keawe dies still owning the bottle, he will go straight to hell. And so this thrilling adventure is set in motion. How will Keawe get rid of the bottle?

The story of the brave Robinson Crusoe who is shipwrecked on an island and has to learn how to survive on his own. With great realistic detail, Defoe describes the life and thoughts of Robinson Crusoe during the many years the waits to be rescued ...

Does the dark night of Dartmoor hide the legendary Hound of the Baskervilles? Who is the man on the Tor and where is the convict from the prison at Princetown? Sherlock Holmes third case is full of mystery and suspense.Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

The classic vampire tale begins with the journey of a young Englishman, Jonathan Harker, to Count Dracula's castle in th mountains of Transylvania. Jonathan Harker has helped the Count buy an old house in London, and the Count says he is looking forward to 'walking through the crowded streets of London and sharing its life and death'. Three months later a mysterious ship arrives at an English harbour carrying only fifty boxes of Transylvanian soil. Soon wolves, bats, and vampires haunt the streets of London, and it is up to the vampire-hunter, Professor Van Helsing, and his friends to find Count Dracula before it is too late.Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

The American War of Independence was fought from 1775 to 1783. General George Washington became the first president of the United States in 1789.These facts, and an old German folk-tale, formed the material from which Washington Irving made up his tale of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in 1765 and woke up in 1785.

When he wrote THE JUNGLE BOOKS in 1894, Kipling probably did not know that he was creating one of the most popular characters in fiction. The stories of Mowgli, the man-cub and his adventures with Bagheera the Panther, Baloo the Bear and Shere Khan the Tiger have captured the imagination of generations ever since. This volume contains a selection of the Mowgli stories together with the animal stories Rikki-tikki-tavi and The Undertaker. Kiplings stories combine adventure, humour and romance and reveal the authors political and philosophical concerns beneath his simple writing style.

This is the famous story of a young boy's voyage down the great Mississippi River. A story of adventure, of rich imagination and the strong desire for freedom. Huck meets Jim, a runaway slave, and they begin their exciting river voyage. Along the way the two boys meet all kinds of people...

This is a moving account of the life of the black slave, Uncle Tom, and his struggle to find good in the face of enormous cruelty and suffering. It brought the harsh reality of slavery on the cotton plantations of the Deep South into the homes of all Americans. The book was the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century.

This is Dickens' most famous story about the orphaned boy, Oliver Twist, who grows up in a workhouse unloved and abused. He runs away to London where he finds his first taste of happiness living with thieves. But will Oliver ever find someone who really takes care of him?

In 1816, when Mary Shelley was only nineteen, she began her famous novel about the young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and his discovery of the secret of life. After two years of struggle, Frankenstein completes his work in a dreary November-night. When the creature opens his eyes and breathes for the first time, Frankenstein is horrified at what he has done. Slowly the monster learns why his creator has abandoned him, and he decides to take revenge on Frankenstein.

Captain Peter Carey, called Black Peter because of his coarseness and his looks, is found with a harpoon spear through his body. Sherlock Holmes finds the murderer. A red-haired man comes to visit Sherlock Holmes. This man tells a strange story which enables the famous detective to prevent a bank coup.

An American family moves into Canterville Chase, rumored to be a haunted house. But the skeptical Americans do not believe in ghosts - not, that is, until their daughter Virginia disappears after a series of uncanny incidents.Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

The story takes place in and around secret Sicilian society and its criminal methods. Who is Mrs. Warrens mysterious lodger? Why must nobody know? On a dark London winter evening Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are waiting to solve the mystery that Holmes has realized is a matter of life or death.

This is the famous story of a young boy's voyage down the great Mississippi River. A story of adventure, of rich imagination and the strong desire for freedom. Huck meets Jim, a runaway slave, and they begin their exciting river voyage. Along the way the two boys meet all kinds of people...Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

The statue of the Happy Prince stands on the town square of a poor town. The Happy Prince asks a swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor, but in winter there is nothing else left...

During the long black hours of Christmas Eve, the old penny-pincher Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four ghosts. Between them, these ghosts show Mr Scrooge what Christmas can do for him, if only he will loosen the strings of his purse and do something for others.Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

This is the sorty of a lage dog, Buck. After starting life at a rich man's house in sunny California, he comes to work as a sled dog in the Yukon Territory of northern Canada during the gold rush of 1897.Pulling in dog teams, Buck travels along the ice of the Yukon River, carrying mail to and from the goldseekers of Dawson City, hundreds of mils at a time through the silent whiteness of the winter landscape.Although he feels very close to his human masters, Buch begins to hear, more and more clearly, the Call of the Wild. This is the call to go back to a more primitive life in the forest, a life of long ago.When he meets up with his wild brother the wolf, Buck faces the decision of his life.

High up on the mountainside, the Great Stone Face looks down at the people who live in the valley. Some day, the story runs, a great man will come to the valley, and his face will look just like the Great Stone Face.When will this man come, and who will it be? Will it be the great soldier, the statesman, the man of commerce, or one of the other visitors to the valley?One person who wants to know the answer is Ernest, who has lived in the valley all his life. Year by year, Ernest has come to know the Great Stone Face as a friend. Now he is waiting for the end of the story.When that end comes, it is the one he least expects.

Pip has lost his father and his mother. On a visit to their grave, he meets a runaway convict who is to change Pips life. Pip wishes to become a gentleman, more so after he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Estella. Pip has to endure a severe breakdown before he is finally allowed to live as he has always wished to.Easy Readers are adapted and abridged versions of novels and short stories. They are divided into level A, B, C, and D, A being the easiest. The levels match the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 to B2).

Silas is the friendless miserly weaver who lives by himself in a small cottage near the village of Raveloe in the heart of the English countryside. Nobody in the village knows anything about his strange past. The very sight of him terrifies the local children. His life and those of his neighbours become entwined through a series of extraordinary events in which a small child plays a very central part.Silas Marner tells a story that has long been the favourite among George Eliots novels. A great trasure of beauty and humanity ... were the words with which Henry James described the work.