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The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War, based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle. The intensity of its narrative and its naturalistic power|earne

It is the 150th anniversary of H. G. Wells's birth in 2016|Includes a lively and accessible introduction by a leading scholar of late Victorian popular fiction|Includes an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and notes to provide addional contextual inter

Timon of Athens is a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his friends, and, when he is finally impoverished, learns to despise humanity with a hatred that drives him to his grave. The play's plot structure is|schemat

The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book describes the dramatic transformation of its heroine from failed businesswoman and lustful young wife to devout and chaste pilgrim. She vividly describes her prayers and visions, as well as the temptations in daily life to which she succumbed before dedicating herself to herspiritual calling. She travelled to

Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for learners

Allegra is an unusual name. It means 'happy' in Italian, but the little girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years old, but she tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is going to die soon. How does she know? And who is the other A

I'm afraid to look in the storeroom. All our food for the winter - where is it now? Inside those hungry guests! They never stop eating! And they never say thank you! And those children - my God, they eat more than their parents!' Izzet Efendi and his fami

Klasszikus mesék sorozat 5 szinten kínnál könnyed szórakoztató töténeteket, az általános iskolások számára.|Gyönyörű illusztrációk segítik a szövegértést, mesék után gyakorlófeladaok és képesszótár található.|Iskolai és otthoni nyelvgyakorláshoz ajánlott|

An idyllic snapshot of a boy's childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author's work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and Tom witness a murder, carried out by local vagabond Injun Joe. They vow never to

What does it feel like to be a child? Learning how to negotiate with the unpredictable adult world, learning how to pick a path through life's traps and hazards, learning when the time has come to put away childish things. The writers of these short stor

A Tale of a Tub is the masterpiece of Swift's earlier years. It is presented here with The Battle of the Books, The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, and the Additions.||

Nyelv: Angol, Kötés: Puha kötésű, Oldalszám: 12, Kiadó: Oxford University Press, Autor: Sam Hogan, ISBN-13: 9780198497684, Kiadás éve: 2020

Nyelv: Angol, Kötés: Puha kötésű, Oldalszám: 16, Kiadó: Oxford University Press, Autor: Sam Hogan, ISBN-13: 9780198495284, Kiadás éve: 2020

Nyelv: Angol, Kötés: Puha kötésű, Oldalszám: 12, Kiadó: Oxford University Press, Autor: Roderick Hunt, ISBN-13: 9780198480839, Kiadás éve: 2011

`An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot it will march on the horizon of the world and it will conquer.'|Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet

'Elfride Swancourt was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface.' Elfride is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Cornwall based on St Juliot, where Hardy began the book during the first days of his courtship of|his

So begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest American novels. Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America's deep South before the Civil War, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck's escape from his brutal father

Dolphins are interactive graded readers specially designed to make developing language skills fun for younger learners. Full-colour illustrations and cross-curricular content stimulate students' interest and maintain their attention, while carefully grad

ISBN:9780198607342 Kiadó: Oxford University Press Szerző: Elizabeth Knowles