The pit and the pendulum and other stories

Author(s)

• Poe, Edgar Allan
• Escott, John
• Miller, Ian

Bibliographic Information

The pit and the pendulum and other stories

Edgar Allan Poe ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Ian Miller

（Oxford bookworms library / series editor, Jennifer Bassett, Fantasy & horror ; stage 2）

Oxford University Press, c2008

• : [book]
• : [book with audio CD]
• : audio CD

Note

"First published in Oxford Bookworms 2005", "This simplified edition Oxford University Press 2008" -- T.p verso

Contents of Works

• The pit and the pendulum
• The cask of Amontillado
• The premature burial
• The meeting
• The oval portrait

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: audio CD ISBN 9780194790109

Description

Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting ...In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad ...

Volume

: [book with audio CD] ISBN 9780194790499

Description

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting... In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad... CEFR A2/B1 Word count 6,000

Volume

: [book] ISBN 9780194790871

Description

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA87842236
• ISBN:
  • 9780194790871
  • 9780194790499
  • 9780194790109
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 56 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1119
  • DC23 : 428.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Readers
  • PRECIS : English language -- Readers
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46708072