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The Three Strangers and other stories
from the back cover: On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night . . . In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791335
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 3
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- HAR
Washington Square
from the back cover: When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Cath…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791922
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- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
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- JAM
The Scralet Letter
from the back cover: Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her chil…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791830
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- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
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- HAW
Gulliver's Travels
from the back cover: 'Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.' But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past an…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791731
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- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
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- SWI
Lord Jim
from the back cover: A hundred years ago a seaman's life was full of danger, but Jim, the first mate on board the Patna, is not afraid of danger. He is young, strong, confident of his bravery. He dreams of great adventures - and the chance to show the world what a hero he is. But the sea is no place for dreamers. When the chance comes, on a calm moonlit night in the Indian Ocean, Jim fails …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791762
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- CON
Silas Marner
from the back cover: In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living. …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791847
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- ELI
Cranford
from the back cover: Life in the small English town of Cranford seems very quiet and peaceful. The ladies of Cranford lead tidy, regular lives. They make their visits between the hours of twelve and three, give little evening parties, and worry about their maid-servants. But life is not always smooth - there are little arguments and jealousies, sudden deaths and unexpected marriages . . . M…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791670
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
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- GAS
Great Expectations
from the back cover: In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792264
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- WES
David Copperfield
from the back cover: 'Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he lear…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792196
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 3
- Call Number
- DIC
Barchester Towers
from the back cover: Mrs Proudie, the warlike wife of the new Bishop of Barchester, brings the Reverend Slope into the Bishop's Palace to help dominate her husband and rule the local clergy. But Slope is a snake in the grass, determined to find a rich wife, to win advancement for himself, even to fight Mrs Proudie if necessary. Their battle becomes a furious dance, involving rich, pretty Widow…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792547
- Collation
- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
- Call Number
- TRO
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