B1 Dickens favorite Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge...
B1 Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many...
B1 ‘A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.’ Late nineteenth-century London: a city of...
B1 ‘There’s daggers in men’s smiles’ (Act II, Sc. III) Tag Ambition Power Macbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until that is, he...
B1 One of the most universally studied of the English classics, Beowulf is considered the finest heroic poem in Old English. This epic poem tells the story of Beowulf,...
The Woman in White is the first English ‘sensation novel’ full of mystery and dark secrets. After meeting a strange woman one night in London, Walter Hartright begins to...
B1 ‘Wow! A date! This is my first date. Maybe next year my diary will be full of photos and secret letters like all my friends. Please come, Luke. Oh,...
B1 When The Call of the Wild was published the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately and it is still one the best-known stories written by an American...
B1 The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. In this Reader you will find: Background information about...
B1 ‘Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect...
B1 ‘After a long, sweaty and exhausting climb the team reaches the eastern peak of Ben Nevis. But a surprise is waiting for them when they reach the top…’ ...
B1 The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. In this reader you will find: information about Charles Dickens Tags Family | Friendship...
“A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented” The story, set in a poor rural area of England in the 19th century, centres around Tess Durbeyfield, a sweet, innocent, country girl who is...
B1 “She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.” One sleepy summer, an American woman arrives in England and wakes everybody up. Isabel Archer...
B1 The novel has attracted the admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James and Jorge Luis Borges. Kidnapped is an adventure story set in Scotland in the 18th...
B1 When five young people in Berlin receive a mystery invitation, they begin an adventure that takes them to Greenland, Rwanda, South Africa and South America. It’s an adventure that...
B1 Niara, Yoshi and Gunnar are the lucky winners of a trip to Brazil. Follow them while traveling around this country. While making a documentary about the country, they will...
B1 Vancouver is Canada’s gateway to the Pacific Rim. Allan introduces us to the city, his family, and friends. His days are filled with sports, school, and everyday family life....
B1 “Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didn’t recognize the lady...
B1 Use this play-script version to prepare a fun and amusing stage version of the English legend of Robin Hood. In this Reader you will find: Games and language...
B1 The unmissable story of four sisters whose father is fighting in the American Civil War. In this Reader you will find: Information about Louisa Alcott | CLIL History:...
