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Reading & TrainingThe READING & TRAINING series consists of beautifully illustratedgraded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The majority of thebooks are adapted classics, but there are also some originalstories – especially at lower levels – and the occasional non-fictionreader. The readers are graded into six levels according tointernationally recognised criteria for structural grading.

READING SHAKESPEARE is a series dedicated to the works ofShakespeare. These readers may also contain activities related tostaging the plays.

Features:• introduction about the author and his/her times• wide variety of motivating activities• activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams• fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the

historical and cultural background of the text• a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with

extra listening activities• extensive vocabulary footnotes• exit tests• guided Internet projects• answer key and exit test downloadable free from our website

www.blackcat-cideb.com

Some titles contain extra features, which are indicated on theback cover of the titles in question:• audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive language and

culture activities

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Alien Alert in SeattleGina D. B. Clemen

Mystery & horror

There has been a UFO sighting inthe Cascade mounta ins nearSeattle, Washington, and everyoneis excited. But no one bel ievesthere could possibly be an alien intown, unt i l Karen, Barbara andWalter not ice that one of theteachers at their high school isbehaving very strangely. Karen andher friends start investigating ontheir own and are very surprised bywhat they discover…

Dossiers:Introduction to Seattle, The solarsystem, UFOs, American teenagersand High School

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0958-6

Home for ChristmasAndrea M. Hutchinson

Activities by Laura Clyde and Robert Hill

Adventure

Three young women need to get toLondon from Ireland in t ime forChr istmas. When a l l f l ights arecancelled, they are forced to sharea car and make the journey byroad. They have to decide togetherwhat to do when they f ind abriefcase full of money. Then theyrea l ise that a car is fo l lowingthem…

Dossiers:The Emerald Isle, Indians in Britain

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Book (80 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0542-7

Miami Police File: the O’Nell CaseGina D. B. Clemen

Crime

Peter O’Nel l , Montego HighSchool’s favourite teacher, goesmissing in the Bermuda Triangle,and the police can’t solve the case.His teenage students decide toinvestigate, with the help of O’Nell’sdog, Rover.But the t ruth behind O’Nel l ’sd isappearance is incredib lymacabre…

Dossiers:Halloween, American High SchoolSports, The Bermuda Triangle

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Missing in SydneyAndrea M. Hutchinson

Adventure

Three best fr iends are travell ingaround Austral ia in search ofadventure before they start universityback home in the UK. But aftercelebrat ing Christmas Day onSydney’s Bondi Beach one of themgoes missing. Lisa is just an ordinary18-year-old, so why would anyonewant to kidnap her? Amy and Claireare determined to find her, but asthey search desperately through thecity of Sydney they do not know thatLisa and her kidnapper share achilling connection…

Dossiers:Sydney, Around Australia

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Sherlock Holmes StoriesSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Crime

The world’s most famous detectivesolves the case of the horriblemurder of a young woman in TheSpeckled Band.Smile with him and Watson as theylisten to the puzzling story of one oftheir odd clients, who is not so oddafter all, in The Red-Headed League.

Dossier:London at the Time of SherlockHolmes

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Tales from The Thousandand One NightsRetold by Jennifer Gascoigne

Fairy tale & fantasy

A selection from the famous collectionof Oriental stories: the One Thousandand One Nights.Luxur ious palaces and fragrantgardens in India, desert islands inthe China seas. But also kings,sultans, princesses, merchants,sailors and thieves.

Dossiers:The Origins of ‘The Arabian Nights’Baghdad, the city of ‘The ArabianNights’

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Tristan and IsoldeRetold by George GibsonActivities by Alexandra Gray

Legend

One of the great romances of theMiddle Ages, Tristan and Isoldehas inspired writers, poets, artistsand musicians for centuries.After slaying a dragon, the youngprince Tr istan wins the hand ofbeautiful Isolde for marriage to hisuncle , K ing Mark. But on the i rjourney back to Mark’s court, theydr ink a love pot ion that wasintended for the king and his youngbride. They instantly fal l in lovebut…

Dossiers:The Celts, King Arthur

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Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll

Adapted by Kenneth Brodey


Follow Alice down the rabbit holeand into Wonderland, where heradventures never stop. Join her asshe attends the Mad Hatter’s teaparty, ta lks to a very unusualcaterpillar and plays croquet withthe Queen of Hearts. Along the wayyou’ll meet characters you couldonly dream of.

Dossier:Lewis Carroll and the Mirror with aMemory

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Animal TalesR. Kipling, E. Parker Butler, Saki,M. Twain, J. K. Jerome

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Claudia Fiocco

Humour & comedy

Read these amusing stories anddiscover why e lephants havetrunks, how it’s best to work out thecorrect price for pigs straight away,and what happened when anEngl ish lady went hunt ing for atiger! You wil l also find a stolenelephant, go boating with threefriends and see how much trouble asmall dog can make!

Dossiers:Elephants, Tigers

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0015-6

Around the World in Eighty DaysJules VerneAdapted by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

In 1872 a rich English gentleman,Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that hecan go around the world in 80 days.Accompanied by h is Frenchmanservant, Passepartout, he setsoff on an incredible race against thec lock, over land and sea. Thetenacious Inspector Fix, convincedthat Phi leas Fogg is a robber,pursues him relentlessly across thecontinents. Dossiers:India and others

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A Dream Come TrueAndrea M. Hutchinson

Activities by Janet Cameron

Human interest

El l ie is mad about music : shedreams of becoming a singer andshe desperately wants to go to theGlastonbury Festival, where herfavourite singer, Murphy, wil l beplaying. But with an overprotectiveDad and important exams to take, itseems that Ellie’s dreams will haveto remain just that, dreams. But oneday she sees a competition in amusic magazine…

Dossiers:Education in England, Yorkshire, Festivals in Britain and Ireland

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The Fisherman and his SoulOscar Wilde



A story of love and friendship abouta f isherman who catches amermaid. He lets her go becauseshe promises to help him fish. Eachday the mermaid appears and singsher song, so he falls in love with her.However, she cannot marry him untilhe has lost his human soul.

Dossiers:Children’s Literature, Aestheticism

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HamletPrince of DenmarkWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Bruce Hodges

Tragedy

When the ghost of Hamlet’s fatherreveals the ter r ib le secret ofElsinore, the result is chaos andtragedy. Does Hamlet real ly gomad? Who are his true fr iends?Does he love the beautiful Ophelia?Will his plan for revenge succeed?

Dossiers:Films of ‘Hamlet’, Shakespeare andthe Elizabethan Theatre, Who wasHamlet?

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The Jumping FrogMark Twain

Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Humour & comedy

The Celebrated Jumping Frog ofCalaveras County depicts one ofAmerican history’s most excitingperiods: the California Gold Rush ofthe 1850s. Come to Angel’s MiningCamp in Cal i forn ia and meetSmiley, whose frog is a living goldmine until one day…

Dossiers:The California Gold Rush, Life inthe Mining Camps

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0138-2

KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Frederick Garland

Adventure

When his father dies, David Balfourdiscovers he has inherited the familyhome near Edinburgh. But his UncleEbenezer also wants the house andputs David on a ship to America.The story follows David’s adventuresacross land and sea. With the helpof his new friend, Alan Breck, canDavid return to Edinburgh and claimwhat is rightfully his?

Dossiers:Scotland, The Jacobites, The City ofEdinburgh from Past to Present


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The Lost WorldSir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adapted by Frederick Garland

Adventure

At the beginning of the 1900s thewhole world has been explored:there is nothing left to discover. Butmaybe this is not totally true. Theeccentric Professor Challenger saysthere is a place where dinosaurs stilllive. Other scientists do not believehim, so, Professor Chal lengerdecides to lead an expedition to thisprehistoric world in the middle of thegreat Amazon forest.

Dossiers:Amazonia: a Land of Wonders,Dinosaurs


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Magical Tales from the South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by Elizabeth Ann MooreActivities by Laura Clyde


Set in the lush paradise of theSouth Seas, Stevenson’s ta lesinvolve magic and spirits.In The Isle of Voices Kalamake, thewizard, transforms seashells intodollars! The Beach of Falesá is a thrilling taleof taboos, treachery, devils, islandmagic and two people who find love.

Dossiers:The History of Money, The EightIslands: Hawaii, Copra

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Murder at Coyote CanyonGina D. B. Clemen

Crime

The Chumash are American Indianswho l ive in Cal i forn ia . When aproperty developer starts buildinghomes on the site of their ancientcemetery, the Chumash becomeangry.During the night of the Fourth ofJu ly ce lebrat ions a myster iousAmerican Indian warrior appearsand a murder is commit ted.Suspicion falls immediately on theChumash...Dossiers:Independence Day, American Indians

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The Mutiny on the BountyRetold by Jeremy FitzgeraldActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

What really happened on board thefamous ship the Bounty? Why didthe sai lors mut iny against theircaptain, and where did they takethe ship? How did the captain andhis loyal crew survive a 5,000 milejourney? Jo in Capta in Bl igh,Fletcher Christian and Tom on theirincredible adventures at sea.

Dossiers:Life at Sea in the 18th Century,Island Destinations in ‘Mutiny onthe Bounty’

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0308-9

The Rajah’s DiamondRobert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by Frances Justice

Adventure

The Rajah’s Diamond, the mostprecious diamond in the world,seems to bring bad luck to everyonewho comes into contact with it. SirThomas Vandeleur’s wife tries to sellit to pay her debts. But the diamondis stolen and falls into the hands ofpeople who are all corrupted by itsgreat beauty and value.

Dossiers:The Hope Diamond, ‘The Thousandand One Nights’, Gentlemen’sClubs, The Empire Strikes Back

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0495-6

The Ransom of Red Chiefand Other StoriesO. Henry

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Matt Renzi

Humour & comedy

The Ransom of Red Chief i s awonderfully funny and ironic storyabout two inexperienced kidnappersand their unusual ‘victim’, with agreat surprise ending. O. Henry’sunique talent enabled him to createa world full of ordinary people whodid extraordinary things.

Dossier:The Origins of the American Police

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-928-0

Rob RoySir Walter Scott


Adventure

1715: Frank Osbaldistone l ikespoetry and he does not want toenter the family business. The youngman is then sent by his father to thenorth of England. Frank meets achar ismatic Scotsman and anofficial of the English government.This will be the beginning of hisinvolvement in a rebellion againstthe British monarchy. In this greathistorical novel, Frank comes to loveand understand the wild world of theScottish Highlands.

Dossiers:Rob Roy: history comes alive, Thehistorical novel: Sir Walter Scott’sGreat Creation

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The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett

Adapted by Jenny Pereira

Human interest

Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasantlittle girl who goes to live with heruncle on his enormous estate inYorkshire after the death of herparents in India. Left very much toherself she explores the grounds ofthe house and f inds the secretgarden which has been locked upfor ten years…

Dossiers:The World of ‘The Secret Garden’,India, The Rich and Poor inVictorian Times, British Gardens

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Stories of Ghosts and MysteryJ. S. Le Fanu, R. Kipling, N. Hawthorne


Mystery and horror

Three authors reveal the obscurecorners of the occul t . S in is terghosts of the past have never leftBarwyke Hall; a man disappearsmysteriously; the Puritan ReverendHooper is plagued by a terr iblesecret sin that forces him to wear ablack veil.

Dossiers:England and Its Ghosts, New England and the Puritans

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0954-8

The Willing GhostRobert Wellington

Activities by Gina D. B. Clemen

Crime

Selena Willing, a young, beautifulheiress, contacts Richard Boot, apr ivate detect ive, because shethinks there is a noisy ghost in herstately home. Richard investigates,look ing into Selena’s l i fe anddiscovers that the noise she hearsis not a ghost, but something muchmore real and dangerous…

Dossiers:Private DetectivesStately HomesSoho

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The £1,000,000 BanknoteMark Twain


Humour & comedy

Have you ever made a bet – a bigbet?

In the 1850s, a young Americanfinds himself in London by chance.He is penniless, and yet he leadsthe luxurious life of a millionaire.How can he do this?It’s all thanks to a bizarre bet madeby two eccentric gentlemen.

Dossiers:San Francisco in the 1850s, TheEnglish and Betting, Money and itsOrigins and others

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0849-7

The Canterville GhostOscar Wilde

Adapted by Derek Sellen

Mystery & horror

When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides tobuy Canterville Chase, everyone tellshim that he is crazy because thehouse is haunted by a ghost. Andwhen the American family comes tolive there, strange things begin tohappen: a bloodstain that changescolour, mysterious noises in the night,a journey to the Garden of Death…

Dossiers:The Times of Oscar Wilde, OscarWilde in America and others

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Classic Detective StoriesRetold by Joshua AndersonActivities by Frederick Garland

Crime

Sherlock Holmes battles against acr imina l organisat ion in Ar thurConan Doyle’s ‘The Five OrangePips’; in Charles Dickens’s ‘HuntedDown’ a ruth less murderer isbrought to just ice; in ‘The St i rOuts ide the Café Royal ’ byClarence Rook an American womantracks down her fiancé’s killer; andin G. K. Chesterton’s ‘The Oracle ofthe Dog’ Father Brown solves adifficult murder case.

Dossier:English Detective Fiction

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Book (128 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0795-7

The Diamond as Big as The RitzF. Scott Fitzgerald

Adapted by George GibsonActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Human interest

Young love, unbelievable wealth,greed, cruelty and adventure arethe themes Fitzgerald bri l l iantlycombines to create a h igh lyunusual and satirical story with asurprise ending.

Dossiers:Diamonds that Made History,Eldorado and the American Dream

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0366-9

Great Mysteries of Our WorldGina D. B. Clemen

Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Was Nostradamus really a prophetor were h is predict ions a merecoincidence? What mystery l iesbehind the curse of the tomb of theEgyptian pharaoh King Tut? Doesevil really exist and what forms canit take?

Find out about these st rangestories and others, and perhapsyou’ll be able to solve our world’sgreatest mysteries!

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Gulliver’s TravelsJonathan Swift

Adapted by Jeremy Fitzgerald


Lemuel Gulliver tells the story of hisfantastic adventures on the island ofLilliput, where the people are tiny,and their self-importance laughable;in Brobdingnag, where the people aregiants and Gulliver is made to feel hisown insignificance; in Laputa, theland of futile science; and finally inthe land of the Houyhnhnms, wherehorses are endowed with reasonwhile human beings are not.

Dossiers:Popular Travel Books, Utopia andDystopia

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The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Jeremy FitzgeraldActivities by Louis Vaughan

Crime

Another case for Sherlock Holmesfinds Dr Watson sent to Devonshireto investigate the mysterious death ofSir Charles Baskerville, who has beenmutilated by a large dog according tothe tradition of the curse of the houseof the Baskervilles. The new heir tothe estate, on his return fromAmerica, cal ls upon the greatdetective to solve this enigma.

Dossiers:Early Crime Detection, The Comingof the Fairies

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0156-6

Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë

Adapted by Jenny PereiraActivities by Frederick Garland

Love

Jane Eyre, a penni less andunattractive orphan, becomes agoverness at Thornfield Hall andfalls in love with Edward Rochester,the guardian of her ward. But shesoon discovers that he is hiding aterrible secret…

Dossiers:Victorian Family Life, VictorianSchools, Victorian Houses

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0774-2

Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by James Butler Activities by Adeline Richards

Tragedy

There is discontent in Rome. Thearistocrats are worried that JuliusCaesar will seek to become king. Agroup of conspirators led by Brutusdecides to assassinate Caesar. Atfirst everything seems to go well forthem, but soon the conspirators findthemselves pursued by the ‘Spirit ofCaesar’.

Dossiers:The Historical Julius Caesar, TheTheatre in Shakespeare’s Timeand others

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0732-2

KimRudyard Kipling


Human Interest

Kim, a young Irish boy, lives alone onthe streets of the Indian city ofLahore. He meets an old Tibetan lamawho is looking for a sacred river. Theboy and the old man become greatfriends and travel across British India.This is Rudyard Kipling’s greatestbook – a story about the Brit ishempire, spies, friendship, spiritualityand, most of all, India.

Dossiers:The Many Lives of Buddhism,Varanasi – The City of Temples, theCity of Light, Kim, Kipling andMookerjee

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Lord Arthur Savile’sCrime and Other StoriesOscar Wilde

Adapted by Justin Rainey

Human interest

At Lady Windermere’s par ty afamous palm reader predicts thatLord Arthur Savile will commit amurder…Read about Lady Alroy’s mysteriousways in ‘The Sphinx wi thout aSecret’ and how it pays to be niceto beggars in ‘The ModelMillionaire’.

Dossiers:London: the World City, Pseudo-Science in Late Victorian England

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The Master of BallantraeRobert Louis Stevenson


Human Interest

Robert Louis Stevenson investigatesinto the nature of good and evil inthis novel set in the Scotland of1745. This was the year many inScotland fought to put a Scottishking on the Brit ish throne. Twobrothers, James and Henry Durie,become involved in this historicalevent. But The Master of Ballantrae isa also worldwide novel. Readers willtravel from Scotland to New York, toIndia… Along the way, they will meetsoldiers, hunters and pirates.

Dossiers:‘The Forty-Five’: Scotland rebelsand others

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MoonfleetJohn Meade Falkner

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Janet Cameron

Adventure

Young John Trenchard l ives inMoonfleet, an English village withdark secrets. One day he discovers ahidden crypt below the cemeterywhere smugglers meet and hide theirgoods. Here he accidentally finds theskeleton of evil Colonel Mohune,better known as Blackbeard, and aprecious clue that could help himfind Blackbeard’s treasure…Dossier:The English Civil War

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The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux

Adapted by George GibsonActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

A mysterious ghost is haunting thefamous Paris Opera House. Thereare all sorts of rumours about the‘Phantom of the Opera’ , afr ightening f igure whose face ishidden by a terrible mask...

Dossiers:The Paris Opera House, Film andStage Versions of the Novel, LonChaney (1883-1930), Opera: theFirst International Pop Music

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The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Rudolf Rassendyll comes from anancient English family that has had aromantic connection with the royalhousehold of Ruritania. He decidesto visit Ruritania and is rapidly caughtup in the polit ical events of thecountry...

Dossiers:Popular fiction in the late 19thcentury, Film versions of ‘ThePrisoner of Zenda’ and others

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The Return of Sherlock HolmesSir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Stanley Roberts

Crime

In 1891, the great detect iveSher lock Holmes d isappeared.A month af ter Holmes’s d isa-ppearance, his good fr iend andcolleague Dr Watson published anarticle in the newspaper, explainingthat Holmes died while strugglingwith h is arch-enemy ProfessorMoriarty. But is that what real lyhappened?

Dossier:The Immortal Sherlock Holmes

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Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by Derek Sellen

Love

The Montagues and the Capuletshate each other and so whenRomeo and Juliet fall in love theyare forced into secrecy andsubterfuge. Will true love survive?Will the two families make peace?

Dossiers:In Fair Verona, Settings andSources and others

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The Scarlet Pimpernel *The Adventures of the Secret SpyBaroness Orczy

Adapted by Emma BerridgeActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

At the height of the FrenchRevolution, the aristocrats’ greatestfear is the gui l lot ine. But someescape their terrible destiny with thehelp of a mysterious man, theScarlet Pimpernel. Who is he?Someone is determined to find out.

Dossiers:The French Revolution, Eighteenth-century Theatre

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Sherlock HolmesInvestigatesSir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adapted by Kenneth Brodey and Rebecca RaynesActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Crime

Sherlock Holmes is at work in threestories: solving the problem of a hatand a goose in ‘The BlueCarbuncle’; finding a missing fiancéin ‘A Case of Ident i ty ’ ; anddiscovering the identity of a strangecreature in ‘The Yellow Face’.

Dossiers:Conan Doyle Defends the Crew ofthe ‘Titanic’, Arthur Defends theUnderdog

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Stories of SuspenseNathaniel Hawthorne

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Matt Renzi

Mystery & horror

Discover how a midnight ritualtransforms the life of a young Puritanin ‘Young Goodman Brown’. Witnesswhat happens to three old friendswho discover the potion of eternalyouth in ‘Dr Heidegger’s Experiment’.Experience the tragedy of thescientist who strives to achieveperfection at al l costs in ‘TheBirthmark’.

Dossiers:The Magic of Alchemy, NewEngland and Witchcraft

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRobert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Jennifer Gascoigneand Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Doctor Jekyll is a brilliant scientist,but h is research leads h im todiscover a monster – a monster thatis part of himself! He tries to controlthis violent creature, who is knownas Mr Hyde, but gradually Mr Hydebecomes stronger and stronger…Dossiers:London and Crime, The ‘Double’ in19th Century Fiction

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Tales of the SupernaturalCharles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe,E. Nesbit, F. M. Crawford

Adapted by Peter Foreman

Mystery & horror

Four chilling tales take you into aworld where anything can happen.Charles Dickens makes our spinest ing le in h is famous ta le of ahaunted railwayman. In Edgar AllanPoe’s ‘L ige ia ’ the ghost of abeaut i fu l woman returns anddefeats death. E. Nesbit shows ushow there really is a good reason tobe scared of the dark. And F. M.Crawford tells of a ship’s passengerwho encounters a horrible ‘thing’ inhis cabin.

Dossiers:The Supernatural in EnglishLiterature, The Versailles Ghosts

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Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome


Humour & comedy

What can possibly happen to threefriends and their dog when theytake a peaceful boat trip on theRiver Thames? Wel l , just aboutanyth ing! En joy the i r funnyadventures as they visit historicsites on the beautiful Thames.

Dossiers:Fox-Terriers, Queen Elizabeth I, Life on the River, Preserving Food, The Magna Carta, Famous Peopleand Places on the Thames, Oxford

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Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Adeline Richards

Adventure

Adventure and piracy in the 18thcentury! When young Jim Hawkinsf inds a map of an is land whereCapta in F l in t has h idden h istreasure, Jim, Squire Trelawney andhis fr iend Dr Livesey sai l to theisland to look for it. But during thevoyage Jim discovers more aboutthe ship’s company, which includesLong John Silver, a man with onlyone leg. And then the battle for thetreasure begins!

Dossier:Pirates in History

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True Adventure StoriesPeter Foreman

Adventure

Four true stories of adventure andcourage.‘Lost at Sea’ tells the adventures ofa family sailing round the world. In‘The Impossible Journey’ we followSir Ernest Shackleton as he and hismen go on foot towards the SouthPole. The brave woman in ‘AmyJohnson, Woman Pioneer’ attemptsa solo f l ight f rom England toAustralia. In ‘David Livingstone’sLast African Expedition’ we meet thegreat explorer on his last expeditionto find the source of the Nile.Dossiers:The Big Heat, The Slave Tradeand others

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Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by Nancy Timmins

Humour & comedy

After surviving a shipwreck off thecoast of Illyria, Viola disguises herselfas a boy to get a position at thecourt of Duke Orsino, who is in lovewith beautiful Olivia. Unknown toViola, her twin brother Sebastian hasalso survived the shipwreck. Whenhe too arrives in Illyria, confusion andmisunderstandings follow.Af ter many cases of mistakenidentity, who will be lucky in love?The lovesick Duke, mournful Oliviaor practical Viola?

Dossiers:The Meaning of ‘Twelfth Night’,Shakespeare and the ElizabethanTheatre

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The Vampire’s TearGina D. B. Clemen

Crime

A diamond is on d isp lay at animportant show on Eastern Europeand Vampires at a New York Citymuseum. Nick has a summer job atthe museum and invites his bestfriends Bill and Michelle to join himfor a summer of fun.One night the diamond disappearsand a security guard is found dead.Suddenly there is a vampire scarein New York Ci ty. The threeteenagers start investigating…

Dossiers:Manhattan, the heart of New YorkCity, Vlad Tepes, Prince of Wallachia,Vampires in literature and films

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American HorrorFive Terrifying TalesEdgar Allan Poe


Mystery & horror

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the firstmasters of modern short stories andmodernist poetry. But he is bestremembered for his strange style ofhorror, with characters who cannotbe forgotten. A man who drains awayhis wife’s life to make his paintingseem alive; an animal lover whobecomes obsessed by a cat; a youngman obsessed by an old man’s blueeye; and a man hypnotized justbefore he dies who then…

Dossiers:Poe’s scientific imagination, Poe aspop icon, Poe’s America

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BeowulfRetold by Victoria SpenceActivities by Kenneth Brodey and Robert Hill

Legend

The great warrior Beowulf comes tothe Danish court of King Hrothgarto help free his people from theterrible monster, Grendel, and hisevil mother. Next, Beowulf will haveto f ight a f i re-breathing dragonalone. But will his efforts cost himhis life this time?

Dossiers:The Heroic Elements in ‘Beowulf’,What Makes an Epic, The ChristianElements in ‘Beowulf’

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The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer

Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Robert Hill

Human interest

A group of pilgrims travelling fromLondon to the shrine of ThomasBecket in Canterbury decide thateach traveller should tell a story. F ive stor ies f rom Chaucer 'smasterp iece depict ing l i fe inmedieva l England are reto ld inmodern English.

Dossiers:Chaucer’s World, The City ofCanterbury and others

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A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens

Adapted by Peter Foreman

Human interest

Mean o ld Ebenezer Scroogedoesn’t like Christmas. He doesn’tlike people. He only likes money.But when the ghost of his friend,Old Marley, visits him on ChristmasEve, it’s the beginning of a verystrange night. Next morning hewishes everybody a MerryChristmas! So what has changedbad old Scrooge?

Dossiers:Some Christmas Ghosts, London inDickens’s time, The Christmas Story

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Daisy MillerHenry James

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Frederick Garland

Human interest

Daisy Mi l ler is a beaut i fu l , r ichAmerican girl. She comes to Europewith her mother and brother tot rave l and see the s ights . InSwitzerland she meets FrederickWinterbourne, a young Americanwho has lived in Europe most ofh is l i fe . He is fasc inated andperplexed by Daisy’s flirtatious andunconventional manners…

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DraculaBram Stoker


Mystery & horror

When Jonathan Harker goes toTransylvania to visit Count Draculaon business, he discovers that hisc l ient ’s mot ives for coming toEngland are rather more sinisterthan they first appeared.This c lass ic horror s tory hasfascinated readers ever since itcame out in 1897.

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Famous British Criminalsfrom The Newgate CalendarRetold by Victoria SpenceActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Crime

Enjoy reading about some of themost famous Br i t ish cr imina ls :Jonathan Wild, prince of robbers;Dick Turp in , horse-stea ler andmurderer; John Gow, pirate; JohnSheppard, highwayman. Discovertheir world of daring actions andquick getaways!

Dossiers:Crime and Punishment in theEighteenth Century, Eighteenth-century London

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The House of the Seven GablesNathaniel Hawthorne

Adaptation by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Monica Marszewska

Human interest

The seventeenth-century house ofthe seven gables shelters an oldcurse and a ter r ib le secret .Hepzibah and Clifford Pyncheonare tormented by the memories andghosts of the past, until the love oftwo young people changes thecourse of destiny…

Dossiers:Witchcraft, The British Colonies inAmerica, The History of Photography

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Jack the RipperPeter Foreman

Crime

Since the autumn of 1888, when heterrorised London, Jack the Ripperhas become famous all over theworld. Who was he? There havebeen hundreds of suspects andtheor ies but nobody has yetdiscovered his identity.Jack the Ripper takes you back tothe dark st reets of Victor ianLondon, to investigate the story ofthe most mysterious killer in thehistory of crime.

Dossiers:Life in the East End, Immigrants inthe East End

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The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper


Adventure

Dur ing the Seven Years’ Warbetween the French and the British,Cora and Alice Munro are on theirway to Fort Henry to jo in the i rfather, the commander. But theirAmer ican Indian guide, Magua,betrays the group to the Iroquois.This is only the beginning of theirmany adventures.

Dossiers:The Origins of the American IndianPeople, The Iroquois Confederacy,The American Indian Experienceand others

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MacbethWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Bruce Hodges

Tragedy

Macbeth is a loyal and courageousservant of King Duncan. But, oneday, after a battle he meets threewitches, who tell him that one dayhe will be King of Scotland. Soonhis obsession to become king andhis wife’s cold-blooded ambitionlead to murder.

Dossiers:Films of ‘Macbeth’, Scotland’sHistory, Witches, The Castles ofScotland

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The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by Victoria Spence Activities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest

In Venice, Bassanio needs moneyto court a rich heiress. His friendAntonio borrows the money fromShylock, a Jewish moneylender.Shylock demands that the money isrepaid in three months or he willtake a pound of Antonio’s flesh.Antonio agrees, but it will take theintelligence of two women to savehim…

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A Midsummer Night’s DreamWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by James Butler and Maria Lucia De Vanna

Humour & comedy

Two young lovers , Hermia andLysander, meet in the wood withthe intention of running away andgetting married secretly. They arefollowed by Demetrius, who lovesHermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetr ius. What theydon’t know is that the wood isenchanted…

Dossiers:Shakespeare’s Sources, TheElizabethan Performance

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Moby DickHerman Melville

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Bruce Hodges

Adventure

Moby Dick is an epic tale of thevoyage of the whal ing ship thePequod and its captain, Ahab, whopursues the great whi te whalealmost around the world.Ishmael, a sailor, arrives in NewBedford, where he meets Queequeg,a harpooner from the South Pacific,who becomes his inseparable friend.Captain Ahab’s voyage is one ofrevenge and, in the end, one ofdisaster.

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The MoonstoneWilkie Collins

Adapted by Christopher Hall Activities by Janet Cameron

Mystery & horror

On her eighteenth birthday, RachelVerinder receives a very specialpresent, the Moonstone – a largeyellow diamond from India. But thatnight the Moonstone is stolen…In what T. S. Eliot called ‘the first,the longest, and the best of moderndetective novels’, Wilkie Coll inste l ls a story fu l l o f mystery,suspense and psychologica linsight.

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Le Morte d’ArthurSir Thomas Malory

Adapted by Victoria SpenceActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Legend

Le Morte d’Arthur tells the story ofKing Arthur and the Knights of theRound Table. The tale begins withArthur’s birth, his education, andhis r ise to the throne. I t a lsorecounts the tragic love story of SirLancelot and Guinevere, thedestruction of the Round Table andArthur’s mysterious disappearanceor death.

Dossiers:Medieval Romance Literature,Places in the Arthurian Story, SirGawain and the Green Knight

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Much Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare


Humour & comedy

Claudio is in love with Hero, but isafraid that she will reject him. Hisfriend, Don Pedro, volunteers tomake her fall in love with him at amasked ball. The trick works andHero agrees to marry Claudio. ButDon Pedro’s brother, Don John,organises a plot to make Claudiothink that Hero is unfaithful…

Dossiers:Tragic and Comic Elements in‘Much ado About Nothing’, Womenin Shakespeare’s Comedies

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Northanger AbbeyJane Austen

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Catherine Morland is going on herfirst visit to the city of Bath. She isseventeen and comes from a small,quiet town in the English countryside.She likes Gothic novels. When shemakes friends with the handsomeyoung Henry Tilney and his sisterEleanor, she will find herself in themiddle of a family tragedy. Henry’shome, Northanger Abbey, is thescene of a crime. Or is it all just aproduct of Catherine’s imagination?

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OthelloWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by Lucy ParkerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Tragedy

Othello is a successful general, buta very simple man who trusts Iagocompletely. When he elopes withand marr ies Desdemona, he isoverwhelmed by the happiness thatseems to be his. Iago, embitteredby his failure to win promotion inthe army, decides to poison thegeneral’s happiness…

Dossiers:The First London Theatres, ThePortrayal of Othello

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The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Mr Verloc, a secret agent, has ashop in London. He l ives therepeacefully with his wife Winnie, hermother and her brother, Stevie.When Mr Verloc becomes involvedwith an anarchist plot to blow up theGreenwich Royal Observatory, thingsgo disastrously wrong. Mr Verloc’sjob as a secret agent brings tragicconsequences to all his family.

Dossiers:Time and the Greenwich RoyalObservatory, Espionage in EnglishFiction

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The Sign of FourSir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Crime

Sherlock Holmes is bored. But afascinating new case is just aroundthe corner. The attract ive MaryMorstan arrives at 221B Baker Streetwith a strange story to tell. Her fathervanished ten years ago: four yearslater she receives six beauti fulpearls, one each year. She has beeninvited to meet the sender of thesepearls and asks Sherlock Holmesand Doctor Watson for their help.

Dossiers:The Andaman Islands, The British inIndia

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A Study in ScarletSir Arthur Conan Doyle


Crime

In an empty house lies a dead man.There are no wounds on his body.On the wal l , the word RACHE –German for ‘revenge’ – is written inblood. With the help of his friendDoctor Watson can Sher lockHolmes use his deductive powersto find the murderer? Set in London in the 1880s, AStudy in Scarlet is the first Holmesand Watson mystery, the beginningof a long and famous partnership.

Dossiers:The Mormons, London in the 1800s

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Tom JonesHenry Fielding

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Justin Rainey

Adventure

Kindly Mr Allworthy returns home tofind that someone has left a babyboy in his house. He adopts himand names him Tom Jones.Mr Allworthy’s sister, Bridget, has ason cal led Bl i f i l . What happenswhen Tom fa l ls in love wi th aneighbouring gentleman’s daughter,Sophia, whose family want her tomarry Blifil?

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The Tragedy of Dr FaustusChristopher Marlowe


Tragedy

Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar,enters into an agreement with theDevil. He agrees to sell his soul inreturn for twenty- four years ofknowledge, power and riches. Buthe eventua l ly rea l ises the fu l limplications of his rash action.

Dossiers:Christopher Marlowe andElizabethan Espionage and others

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The Turn of the ScrewHenry James

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Rainey

Mystery & horror

In the 1840s, a young woman isemployed as governess to twochi ldren in an Engl ish countryhouse. The children are beautifuland charming, and – for a while –the young woman thinks herposition is both easy and pleasant.Then she begins to see the ghostsof the former governess Miss Jesseland the manservant Peter Quint...

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The Valley of FearSir Arthur Conan Doyle


Crime

The great detect ive Sher lockHolmes is needed to so lve amurder in Sussex, England. A cardwith the initials VV 341 has beenleft by the body, and discoveringthe facts of the case gets evermore difficult. The answers to thismystery lie far away from the sceneof the cr ime and across theAtlantic, in a place known as ‘TheValley of Fear’.

Dossiers:Hiding Places in Times of Trouble,Secret Societies

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Washington SquareHenry James


Love

Catherine Sloper, an insignificant,plain gir l , wi l l one day inheri t asubstantial fortune from her father.When her overwhelming passion fora handsome for tune huntert ransforms her du l l ex is tence,Catherine’s distinguished father, herinterfering aunt and her selfish loverall play with her feelings to satisfytheir own needs, and succeed inbreaking her heart.

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Humour & comedy

A dramatic intrusion ends a longfami ly feud, a man is strangelyinfluenced by his pets, a cat bringsscandal to Brit ish society and alittle boy battles to enjoy life withthe help of his own personal god.

These are just a few of the amazingstories created by Hector HughMunro, al ias master short-storyteller Saki.

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The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Frederick Garland

Mystery & horror

Late one night, on a lonely roadnear London, Walter Hartright, ayoung drawing teacher, meets asolitary woman dressed in white.This is the opening scene of TheWoman in White, a great Victoriansensat ion novel ful l of mystery,excitement, and suspense.

Dossier:Victorian Asylums

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The Age of InnocenceEdith Wharton

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Louis Vaughan

Love

In 1870s New York Countess EllenOlenska causes scandal when shedecides to f ree hersel f of anunhappy marriage by divorcing herhusband. Disapproved of by herfamily, she can only count on thesupport of her cousin’s f iancé,Newland Archer, who falls in lovewith her and tries to persuade her tostart a new life together with him.Dossiers:A Brief History of Divorce, The NewYork Films of Martin Scorsese, NewYork in the 1870s

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EmmaJane Austen

Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Love

Emma Woodhouse, handsome,clever and rich, has a perfect life.She has decided never to getmarried but to live as the mistressof Hartfield, her father’s house inthe beautiful English countryside.But when she starts matchmakingshe finds that her imagination hasled her into danger.

Dossiers:Jane Austen and Reading, Leisurein early 19th-century England, ThePoor, The Upper Classes

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FrankensteinMary Shelley

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Robert Hill

Mystery & horror

A fascination with science and theaspi rat ion to understand themysteries of creation lead VictorFrankenstein to create l i fe fromdeath. But the results are not whathe expects and his rejection of hismonstrous creat ion causes direconsequences for himself and allthe people he cares about.

Dossiers:Science Fiction, RomanticLandscapes, Monsters,‘Frankenstein’ on Film and others

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Gothic Short StoriesW. W. Jacobs, Amelia B. EdwardsBram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe

Adapted by Peter Foreman and Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula)takes student Malcolm Malcolmsonthrough a terrifying ordeal inside ajudge’s house. Travel, if you dare, ina ghostly coach – with three deadmen as your fellow passengers. Orvisit the deadly House of Usher! Butdon’t make a wish wi th themonkey’s paw...

Dossier:The Gothic Craze

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Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens

Adapted by Rebecca Raynes

Human interest

Pip is a poor orphan boy destinedto become a b lacksmith. But achance meeting with an escapedconvict and an invitat ion to thehouse of the eccentr ic MissHavisham mark the beginning ofgreat changes in h is l i fe . Af terreceiving a large amount of moneyfrom a secret benefactor Pip goesto London to be educated as a‘gentleman’. But who is his secretbenefactor?

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The Great Gatsby*F. Scott Fitzgerald

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Louis Vaughan

Love

A rich man with a mysterious pasthosts Long Island’s most extravagantparties, while he desperately seekshis long lost love.

Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is both apiti less and moving exposure of‘the American Dream’.

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Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Marlow, a merchant sailor, travelsthrough colonial Africa. He makes aperilous journey by steamboat torescue Kurtz, an ivory agent, who isseriously ill. He arrives at Kurtz’sstation to find that the agent hastaken control of the whole area. Inhis complete isolation from civilisedsociety Kurtz has instituted a brutalsystem of human sacr i f ice andmagic to became the leader of thenatives.

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Jane EyreCharlotte BrönteAdapted by Kenneth Brodey

Love

Plain orphaned Jane Eyre l ivesunwanted with her aunt and cousinsuntil she is sent away to school.There, hungry and humiliated, shegrows and studies. When Janeleaves school to work as a governessat the aristocratic Thornfield Manorowned by the intr iguing MrRochester, she finally finds somehappiness. But some strange eventsare signals that the mysterious pastof Mr Rochester's is about to return.

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Lord JimJoseph Conrad

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Jim is a young British officer on thepassenger ship Patna. During anaccident at sea in the Ind ianOcean, Jim follows the captain andabandons the sinking ship and itspassengers. Jim must face a courttrial for this act of cowardice, whichwill torment him all his life. At the trial Jim meets Marlow, anolder sea captain, who helps himf ind work. But J im is a lwaysrest less. He moves to Malaysiawhere he tries to start a new life…

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue andThe Purloined LetterEdgar Allan Poe

Adapted by Graeme and Silvia ThomsonAdditional activities by Kenneth Brodey

Crime

Two cases of detect ion forMonsieur Auguste C. Dupin, Poe’sgreat detective. Who commit ted the at roc iousmurders in the Rue Morgue? Howdid the murderer get in, or out?Will Dupin find the purloined letterand save the royal personage?Where is the minister hiding it?

Dossiers:The Art of the Detective Story, ApesGoing Ape, Paris in the 1800s

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PamelaSamuel Richardson

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest

Pamela is a maid in a big countryhouse. But, when her mistress dies,Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B,her mistress’s son, who sets out toseduce her. Will Mr B succeed, orwil l Pamela’s virtuous behaviourfind its own reward? A fascinatingstudy of the struggle for powerbetween men and women.

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A Passage to India*E. M. Forster

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Adela Quested visits India with MrsMoore to decide whether to marrythe latter’s son, Ronny. Obsessedwith understanding the ‘real India’,the two women make friends withDr Aziz, who invites them to themysterious Marabar caves…

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Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Adeline Richards

Love

In 1806, Capta in Freder ickWentworth and Miss Anne Elliot fellin love, but since neither of themhad any money, Anne’s friend LadyRussell persuaded her not to marrythe Captain. Years later, Anne andFrederick meet again. By this timeFrederick has made a fortune in theNavy, but he is still angry with Annefor rejecting him. This is the mostdelicate and moving love story JaneAusten ever wrote.

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The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Justin Rainey

Mystery & horror

When the superbly handsome DorianGray sees his portrait he makes aterrible wish: that the portrait willgrow older and that he will remainyoung forever. But what happens tothe portrait that no one ever sees?A brilliant and disturbing story of aman who is willing to sell his soulfor eternal youth, while he pursuespleasure and passion.

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The Portrait of a LadyHenry James

Adapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Isabel Archer, a young Americanwoman, visits her uncle in England.Her uncle dies and leaves her alarge fortune. Isabel was alwaysbeautiful and charming; now, inaddition, she is rich. The question is,who will she marry? The Englishnobleman Lord Warburton? HerAmerican suitor Casper Goodwood?Or the refined, sophisticated GilbertOsmond?

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Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen

Adapted by Andrea ShellActivities by Elvira Poggi Repetto

Love

When Mr Bingley comes to live atNether f ie ld br ing ing h is f r iendMr Darcy with him, Mrs Bennet isdelighted; she has five daughters tobe married. However, things don’tgo as smooth ly as she hoped:Mr Bingley abandons Jane,Mr Darcy clearly has no interest inE l izabeth and she refusesMr Collins’ proposal of marriage.

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The Problem of Cell 13Jacques Futrelle

Adapted by Graeme and Silvia Thomson

Mystery & horror

‘Lock me in any cell in any prisonanywhere at any time, wearing onlynormal clothes and I’ll escape in aweek.’For Professor Van Dusen, otherwiseknown as ‘The Thinking Machine’,nothing is impossible. Logic is hispassion. One hour later he findshimsel f locked up in Chisholmprison and has to use all his mentalresources to find the solution to theproblem.

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Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Adeline Richards

Adventure

When the captain tells Robinson,‘Young man, you should never go to sea again…’, Robinsonignores his advice, with terr ibleconsequences. He is forced intoslavery and escapes, but he is thenshipwrecked on a desert island,where he manages to surv ivethrough resourcefulness and luck.

Dossiers:The Slave Trade, Shipwrecks,Mercantilism: Trade, Wealth andColonies and others

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Book (144 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0841-1

A Room with a View*E. M. Forster


Human interest

Lucy Honeychurch is a youngwoman travelling in Italy with hero lder cous in Miss Char lot teBartlett. Miss Bartlett has very clearideas of how a young lady shouldact, and her very Victorian sense ofpropriety comes into conflict withLucy’s desire for romance.

Dossiers:Social Classes in Britain, Women’sRights and ‘A Room with a View’

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The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne


Love

In 17th-century Puritan Boston,Hester Prynne gives birth to anillegitimate child and is condemnedto wear the scarlet letter ‘A’ as asign of her adultery. Hester refusesto reveal the identity of her lover,and is forced to lead a l i fe ofhumiliation. Meanwhile, Hester’shusband sett les in Boston and,after making her swear to keep hisidentity secret, tries to discoverwho Hester’s secret lover is.

Dossiers:The Puritans – The Origins, Boston,Heart of the American Revolutionand others

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Book (160 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0090-3

Sense and SensibilityJane Austen

Adapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Jane Cammack

Love

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood aresisters. Both are intelligent, sensitive,charming, and beautiful, but therethe similarities end. Elinor valuespropriety and common sense;Marianne, by contrast, hasextravagant Romantic ideas. In thisbrilliant novel, Jane Austen explorestwo different ways of thinking andacting – the ‘sense’ of Elinor and the‘sensibility’ of Marianne – as they tryto find happiness in a world full ofhypocrisy, vulgarity, and self-interest.

Dossier:Money and Marriage

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Book (128 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0387-4

Sons and LoversD. H. Lawrence

Adapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Love

Mrs Morel is a strong, intelligent,domineer ing woman. She isantagonistic to her husband andgives all her love to her sons. TheMorels’ younger son, Paul, growsup close to his mother. As he growsup, he is torn between a passionatelove for his mother and his lovers,first Miriam and then Clara.

Dossiers:The Oedipus Complex, TheWomen’s Social and Political Union

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A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Dr Manette is falsely imprisoned for18 years by the Marquis ofEvrémonde. He is eventua l lyreleased and goes to England tojo in h is daughter Lucie , whomarr ies the Frenchman Char lesDarnay of the Evrémonde family.During the Reign of Terror Darnaytrave ls to Par is where he isimprisoned and sentenced to beexecuted...

Dossiers:The French Revolution, The FrenchRevolution in ‘A Tale of Two Cities’

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Book (160 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0805-3

The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare

Adapted by James Butler and Lucia De Vanna

Humour & comedy

Baptista’s two beautiful daughtersare ready for marr iage. Bianca,pursued by three different suitors,cannot marry until someone dares tomarry her s ister, the proud andcontemptuous Kathar ine. ThenPetruchio arr ives in Padua andproposes to Katharine. Will he beable to turn her into a model ofdevotion and obedience?

Dossiers:Shakespeare and English Comedy,Shakespeare and Italian Comedy

Playscript

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Book (128 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-608-1

Tess of the D’UrbervillesThomas Hardy

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by James Tierney

Love

The Durbeyfield family are poor andsimple people, but their ancestorswere the mighty d’Urbervilles, anancient and noble family. When theDurbeyfields meet with misfortune,they send their oldest daughter,Tess, to visit her wealthy cousinand ask for help, but the wealthycousin has a young son, A lecStoke-d’Urberville, who finds Tessvery attractive…

Dossiers:No Sex, Please, We’re Victorians,Stonehenge

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Book (160 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-932-7

Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray


Human interest

Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp aretwo friends. Amelia comes from awealthy fami ly but her father ismade bankrupt. She marries GeorgeOsborne, a vain and shallow youngman who does not really love her.Becky Sharp, on the other hand,comes from a penniless family, andis determined to use her beauty andcharm to find a good position in life.

Dossiers:Thackeray and Waterloo, A Critic’sAssessment of ‘Vanity Fair’

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Book (144 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-933-4

Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë


Love

Wuthering Heights is home to theEarnshaw fami ly, who adopt anorphan called Heathcliff. When theygrow up, Catherine Earnshaw andHeathcliff fall deeply in love. ButCatherine decides to marry EdgarLinton from the big house across themoors. Heathcl i ff runs away indespair. When he returns someyears later, a series of terrible eventsdestroys the relationship betweenthe Lintons and the Earnshaws.

Dossier:A Family of Writers

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The Mill on the FlossGeorge Eliot


Love

Maggie and Tom Tulliver are sisterand brother. Maggie is passionate,impuls ive, inte l l igent and oftenmakes mistakes. Tom is practical,unimaginative, judgemental, honestand hardworking. When their fatheris declared bankrupt, Tom workshard to pay his father’s debts andrestore the fami ly name, whi leMaggie forms unsui tab lef r iendships and is eventua l lyostracised by her family and localsociety.

Dossier:The ‘Woman Question’ in VictorianBritain

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Book (160 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-798-9

Silas MarnerGeorge Eliot


Human interest

Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by hisbest f r iend and the woman heloves. He loses all faith in humanityand moves to the v i l lage ofRaveloe. There he lives a solitarylife, working and hoarding his goldcoins, unt i l one day his gold isstolen…

Dossiers:Evolutionary Theory, Weaving andthe Industrial Revolution

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Book (112 p.) + CD 978-88-7754-934-1

Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë


Love

Wuthering Heights is home to theEarnshaw fami ly, who adopt anorphan called Heathcliff. CatherineEarnshaw becomes great friendswith Heathcliff and they fall in love.But Catherine decides to marryEdgar L inton s ince she fee ls i twould degrade her to marryHeathcliff. Desperate without hisCatherine, Heathcliff runs away. Butwhen he returns a few years later aseries of events starts to destroythe re lat ionship between theLintons and the Earnshaws.

Dossier:The Imaginative World of the BrontëChildren

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Reading & TrainingDiscoveryReading & Training Discovery is a series of factualreaders. It is designed for teenagers, young adults andadults who, through reading about subjects of interest,can improve their English and broaden their knowledgeat the same time. The series will cover a range ofinteresting subject matter, from famous people toplaces such as cities, countries and natural wonders.

These readers use Black Cat’s expansive readingapproach. The dossiers, activities and internet projectsenable the reader to expand his/her knowledge andunderstanding beyond the information provided by thetext.

The Discovery series is graded grammatically andlexically according to the levels in the Reading &Training series and for 2009 there are titles available atSteps One to Three.

Reading & Training Discovery

Level Common European University TrinityFramework of Cambridge ESOL Levelof Reference Examinations

Step One A2 Waystage Exam level: KET 3, 4

Step Two B1 Threshold Exam preparation: PET 4, 5

Step Three B1 Threshold Exam level: PET 5, 6

Features:• informative texts on a range of interest ing

subject matter with vocabulary footnotes• use of photographs and i l lustrat ions with

captions• wide range of activities promoting understanding

of the text and practising the four language skills • Cambridge ESOL and Trini ty exam-sty le

activities• Internet projects• dossiers which bring the subject matter into a

literary, film or musical context• full recording of the text, in British or American

English• answer key and exit test downloadable free

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Great British WritersDerek Sellen

Who was a spy for Queen ElizabethI’s secret service? Which writerkept a bear in h is room atCambr idge? Who wrote poemsabout the Easter Revolut ion inIreland?

Follow the fascinating lives of someof the most important Br i t ishnovelists, poets and playwrightsf rom Shakespeare to GrahamGreene, and discover more aboutdifferent periods of l i terature inBritish history.

Dossiers:Writers and Places, Writers and Films

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0952-4

LondonGina D. B. Clemen

How many different languages arespoken in London? What ’s theSquare Mile al l about? How didPiccadilly get its name? Book aseat in a haunted theatre and enjoythe show!

Get to know this sensational citystarting from its glorious history allthe way to its captivating present.Discover the magic that is London!

Dossiers:London and its WritersLondon’s Great Parks andMuseums

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-1021-6

Exploring PlacesGina D. B. Clemen

Today we know a lot about farawayplaces – we have maps, photographsand detailed descriptions. But thefirst explorers knew nothing aboutwhere they were going. Their courageand determination drove them toexplore the unknown, facing terribledangers and hardships.

Who were these remarkable peopleand why did they risk their lives toexplore the unknown? Where is thefinal frontier and who is ready toexplore i t? Share the thr i l l o fdiscovery through the centurieswith this exciting book.

Dossiers:Exploration in filmsHow were maps born?

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Natural EnvironmentsJoanna Burgess

Our planet is full of natural wonders:the forests, which are home tomil l ions of species; the oceans,which cover three quarters of itssurface; and the Polar regions anddeserts, which have adapted toextreme climatic conditions. Theyhave existed for thousands of years,but these environments and theplants and animals which l ive inthem are changing.

Discover why they are changingand what you can do to help.

Dossiers:The Environment in Films, The Environment and PopularCulture

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0994-4

American CitiesGina D. B. Clemen

How much did the Dutch pay forManhattan Island in 1614? Whereis the wor ld’s b lue jeansheadquarters? Who can you meetin the ‘Malibu Colony’, near LosAngeles?

New York, San Francisco, LosAngeles, Chicago and New Orleansare America’s most distinctive andexci t ing c i t ies. Simi lar in someways and yet completely differentin others, they fascinate everyonewho visits them. Open this bookand find out why.

Dossiers:American cities in films, USA: The Birth of Another Music

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Reading & Training ProfessionalThis series of graded readers is suitable for business students or professionals.The readers can be used by learners in class or for self-study to refresh andextend their existing business English. The series offers texts which become aspringboard to vocabulary development and practice in the four skills for areasof Professional English. A wide range of activities give learners the confidenceto apply the vocabulary they learn either to their area of study or working life.The series is graded grammatically and lexically according to the levels in theReading & Training series, and the titles available offer a range of topics.Learners can therefore choose according to level of English and subjectareas, depending on their field of work or study. The series can also be used to prepare for the Cambridge ESOL ProfessionalEnglish Exam BEC – Preliminary and Vantage for general English.

Features:• texts and topics s imi lar to those used in the Cambridge ESOL

Professional English exams in business English.• wide range of stimulating activities practising the four language skills• carefully designed exam-style activities to help prepare students for

international qualifications in professional English• grammatical and structural practice tasks to encourage reading for

meaning• recording of the texts and additional business-related listening tasks• Practice Test activities at corresponding exam level• full glossary of vocabulary and terms used.

Business English Certificate Preliminary test-style activities

Business English Certificate Vantage test-style activities

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Level Common European University of CambridgeFramework of ESOL ExaminationsReference

Step Two B1 Threshold Exam preparation: BEC P

Step Three B1 Threshold Exam level: BEC P

Step Four B2 Vantage Exam preparation: BEC V

Reading & Training ProfessionalBusiness CommunicationMichael Black

Focus on the importance of goodcommunication skills and how todevelop those skills.

• Holding effective meetings• Are emails a good thing?• Giving effective presentations• Getting staff commitment• Project management

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Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0932-6

Business IssuesMichael Black

Focus on companies and the i rinternal processes and activities.

• Training• High fliers• How to write effective reports• Creating a famous brand• Financial results• Succession planning

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Book (80 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0934-0

Business EnvironmentMichael Black

Focus on companies in relation tocompet i tors and externa lstakeholders, including customers,suppliers and the general public.

• Gaining a competitive edge• Customer relationship management• Marketing communications • Logistics• Trade fairs• PR to the rescue!

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