Life Skills - A lively spread introducing themes from each story allowing students to make connections with contemporary issues and develop important life skills. TALES OF MYSTERY Edgar Allan Poe Adapted by Janet Olearski Recording in British English The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final days of a tormented and tragic family. In The Oval Portrait a brilliant but obsessed artist sacrifices love for art. In The Masque of the Red Death Prince Prospero tries to escape with his friends from a terrible disease that is killing everyone in their land. Level 5 · B1 Horror · Mystery 120 pages ISBN 978-3-7114-0159-5 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Edith Wharton Adapted by Nora Nagy Recording in American English Newland Archer does everything that is expected of him in the New York high society of the 1870s. A respected lawyer, he socialises with all of the most elegant families and he is engaged to May Welland: a beautiful, innocent and wealthy young woman. It is a perfect match. But then Newland meets May’s cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, who has arrived in New York with a bad reputation. Soon the couple fall in love. What about May? And more importantly: how can they avoid a scandal? Level 5 · B1 Love · Human interest 100 pages ISBN 978-3-99045-942-3 THE CANTERVILLE GHOST Oscar Wilde Adapted by David A. Hill Recording in American English When an American family buy an old English mansion from Lord Canterville, they also inherit its terrible ghost. The ghost sets about frightening the new owners, but the Americans don’t frighten easily and the ghost gets more than he had bargained for. THE GREAT GATSBY F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by David A. Hill Recording in American English Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything: money, influential friends and fabulous parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion is full of beautiful people laughing and dancing and talking about their mysterious host. But the rich and handsome Gatsby always seems to be alone in the crowd and there always seems to be something missing from his life. What is the secret from Gatsby’s past? And what does he silently hope will fill his life? Level 5 · B1 Human interest · Mystery 112 pages ISBN 978-3-99089-141-4 Level 5 · B1 Horror · Mystery 80 pages ISBN 978-3-99089-221-3 53 CLASSICS
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