Waiting, and other modern stories

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Waiting, and other modern stories

edited by Roland Hindmarsh

Cambridge University Press, 1979

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Contents of Works

  • Waiting / Stan Barstow
  • Interesting things / Kingsley Amis
  • A way of life / Dan Jacobson
  • The garden party / Katherine Mansfield
  • Public opinion / Frank O'Connor
  • Going into exile / Liam O'Flaherty
  • Parson's pleasure / Roald Dahl
  • Manhood / John Wain

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How does a young girl react when she is caught between the rich, sheltered world of her family, and the ugly reality of poverty and death in the outside world? What happens when a family is broken up because the children feel they must leave home to find a better life abroad? How does a boy cope with his father's overwhelming ambition for him? These are some of the questions dealt with in the eight stories in this collection. The stories, by important modern authors, have been specially edited for upper-intermediate and more advanced students of English. Vocabulary explanations and notes are provided in order to help comprehension.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Waiting Stan Barstow
  • 2. Interesting things Kingsley Amis
  • 3. A way of life Dan Jacobson
  • 4. The garden party Katherine Mansfield
  • 5. Public opinion Frank O'Connor
  • 6. Going into exile Liam O'Flaherty
  • 7. Parson's pleasure Roald Dahl
  • 8. Manhood John Wain.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA19918072
  • ISBN
    • 0521224489
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    149 p.
  • Size
    18 cm
  • Classification
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