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Charles Dickens, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2008Stage 3 Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. The[...]
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Stage 6 The farm lies in the shadow of a hill, and the farmyard rarely sees the sun, even in summer, when the sukebind hangs heavy in the branches. Here live the Starkadders - Aunt Ada Doom, Judith, Amos, Seth, Reuben, Elfine...They lead messy,[...]
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Charles Dickens, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2007Stage 5 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.[...]
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These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age: the idealism of young people, the stresses of marriage, the anxieties of parenthood, and the loneliness and fears of older people. The wide variety of writing styles includes black [...]
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Stage 5 Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel to London, full of expectations to b[...]
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Jonathan Swift, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur ; Nick Harris, Illustrateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2008Stage 4 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[...]
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Charlotte Brontë, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2008Stage 6 A classic love story which was first published in 1847. Numerous plays, films and television adaptations have been made of this great novel. Jane works as a governess in the house of the mysterious Mr Rochester. Despite some misgivings[...]
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2008Stage 3 'I ran to the side of the ship. "Help, help! Murder!" I screamed, and my uncle slowly turned to look at me. I did not see any more. Already strong hands were pulling me away. Then something hit my head; I saw a great flash of fire, and [...]
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Clare West, Adaptateur ; Arya Praharaj, Illustrateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2008Stage 4 My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.' But those childhood days are long gone, and sister and [...]
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Stage 6 A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear. Forster's gre[...]
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Stage 6 'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feeings of other. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so E[...]
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Auteur ; Clare West, Adaptateur | Oxford University Press | Oxford Bookworms | 2007Stage 2 Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening- and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these thre[...]
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Stage 6 A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but [...]
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Stage 4 The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. No one would expect a missionary's sister and a rough, uneducated mechanic to take a boat like that down a dangerous river through the forests of Central Africa. But Rose S[...]
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Stage 5 Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society.[...]
