Outstanding short stories

Author(s)

• Thornley, G. C.
• Poe, Edgar Allan

Bibliographic Information

Outstanding short stories

[Edgar Allan Poe and others] ; selected and retold by G.C. Thornley

（Pearson English readers, level 5）

Pearson Education, 2008

• : pbk

Note

Author from cover

"First published by Penguin Books 1999"--T.p. verso

"This edition published 2008"--T.p. verso

Contents of Works

• The man who could work miracles / H.G. Wells
• The model millionaire / Oscar Wilde
• Lord Emsworth and the girl friend / P.G. Wodehouse
• The doll's house / Katherine Mansfield
• X-ing a paragraph / Edgar Allan Poe
• The courtship of Susan Bell / Anthony Trollope
• Lord Mountdrago / W. Somerset Maugham

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life in pages of our Readers. Students have the pleasure and satisfaction of reading these stories in English, and at the same time develop a broader vocabulary, greater comprehension and reading fluency, improved grammar, and greater confidence and ability to express themselves. Find out more at english.com/readers

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Details

• NCID: BB24445057
• ISBN:
  • 9781405865197
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harlow
• Pages/Volumes: x, 107 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 428.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Readers
  • LCSH : Short stories
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1973361X