| Description |
v, 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm + 1 audiocassette |
| Series |
Penguin readers.. Level 2 |
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Penguin readers. Level 2
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| Contents |
A white heron / Sarah Orne Jewett -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- The complete life of John Hopkins / O. Henry -- Luck / Mark Twain -- The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe |
| Summary |
'A white heron' is the first of five great American short stories, In this story, Sylvia's new friend is excited about a strange white bird, but will Sylvia tell him where it lives! In 'The story of an hour', a young woman is told of her husband's death. The third story, 'Luck', is about a famous Englishman. The fourth story, 'The complete life of John Hopkins', about people in the Big CIty. And in 'The tell-tale heart', a man is very, very afraid!" - back cover |
| Notes |
600 words - Classics - American English |
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Series editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Readers for new literates.
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| Genre/Form |
Readers (Publications)
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Short stories, American
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Fiction.
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| Author |
Galante, L. R.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Tell-tale heart.
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Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
White heron
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Story of an hour.
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Henry, O., 1862-1910.
Complete life of John Hopkins
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Luck
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| ISBN |
0582342813 set |
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0582430496 |
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