Amazing Characters+cd (Interact With Literature)

Description: A collection of nine, amazing and chilling complete short stories by Roberta Simpson Brown, Adele Geras, Maria Leach, Stephen King, Evelyn Waugh, Edgar Allan Poe, Felix Boyd, Frederic Brown and Agatha Christie, along with a selection of extracts from Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The itinerary proposed is thematic and groups the stories under three headings:
horrifying,
irrational
and unforgettable.

INTERACT WITH LITERATURE offers a wide range of original literary texts from intermediate level upwards (unabridged short stories or extracts from novels, as well as complete unabridged plays) from English-speaking countries, designed to introduce students to the world of literature. The aim of these volumes is to familiarise readers with the language of literature and encourage them to formulate their own response to what they read. Each volume concentrates on a particular theme, genre or liter
ary current.

Key features:
• biographical details about each author
• carefully selected texts relevant to the theme of the volume
• linguistic accessibility with numerous footnotes to guide understanding
• stimulating, graded activities ranging from familiarisation and comprehension to stylistic analysis and language development
• dramatised recording of selected extracts by native speakers in American or British English
• Teacher's Book which can be downloaded from the Black Cat website