Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Animal Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, William Wymark Jacobs, Virginia Woolf, Jack London and Gerald Durell. ... This collection brings together stories and extracts which explore the relationship people have with animals large and small, wild and tame, real and imaginary. From a fantastical children's fable to a complex psychological love story, readers are sure to find stories that will delight and entertain them.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Mystery Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Cleveland Moffett, Roald Dahl, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Frank R. Stockton. ... This collection brings together stories which explore mystery in all its forms. From psychological mysteries to mysteries of the heart, from strange phenomena to good old-fashioned detective puzzles, there is sure to be a story here to enthral every reader of mystery.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Love Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Green, H. G. Wells, H. E. Bates and F. Scott Fitzgerald. ... This collection of six stories explores a variety of perspectives of the theme of love over the last century, from a maid jilted by her social-climbing boyfriend to a bored housewife who is looking for something extra in her life.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Horror Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, Fritz Leiber and Jane Gardam. ... This collection of five stories explores a variety of different literary approaches to the genre of horror. From a violent spirit brought to life by an old whistle, to a terrifying monster who lives deep under the ground, these stories will terrify and entertain fans of horror everywhere.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Science Fiction Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Phillip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Weinbaum and Jack London. ... This collection brings together five stories which explores a range of perspectives within the genre of science fiction. From space travel to time travel, scientific experiments and teleportation, these stories will fascinate and delight fans of science fiction everywhere.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Food Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Louisa May Alcott, Alphonse Daudet, Jack London, Laura Esquivel and Damon Runyon. ... This "tasty" collection brings together five stories and extracts all with food at their heart. Food and literature have a long relationship and food is used to shed light on characters and relationships, from meals as the centre of family life to food as a political symbol. With all kinds of stories and all kinds of foods, there will be something for all literature (and food) lovers to enjoy.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Twentieth-Century Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by D. H. Lawrence, William Trevor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Roald Dahl, Tobias Wolff and Annie Proulx. ... This diverse collection of short stories helps to illustrate the development of the new literary styles and perspectives that emerged during the course of the twentieth century.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: World Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Katherine Mansfield, Anton Chekhov, Henry Lawson, Anita Desai, Horacio Quiroga and Leila Aboulela. ... This collection brings together six stories from six different countries (India, Argentina, Russia, New Zealand, Sudan and Australia). They tell the tales of families and individuals, of love, loss and struggles against adversity. Their universal themes are coloured by the culture and society of the countries they describe.
This book is in British English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Adventure Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Jack London, Victor Hugo, Doris Lessing, Robert Louis Stevenson and H. E. Bates. ... This collection of five stories explores a variety of different literary approaches to the genre of adventure. From a man struggling to survive in the frozen Yukon, to a ship's loose canon which threatens the lives of the entire crew, these stories will enthral and delight fans of adventure everywhere.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Macmillan Literature Collections - Proficiency: Crime Stories
Macmillan
Unadapted short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Ruth Rendell and Alexander McCall Smith. ... This collection of five stories brings together a variety of writing styles from the genre of crime writing. From the adventures of the most famous of all detectives, Sherlock Holmes, to the contemporary writings of Ruth Rendell and Alexander McCall Smith, there will be a story here to delight everyone.
This book is both in British and American English. ... |
