Voices From Inside+cd (Interact With Litarature)

Anthology of short stories and extracts from important works by some of the most important authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection helps students improve their all-round linguistic competence and, through a wide range of activities, introduces them to the concepts of literary analysis. Each chapter also includes a chronology of the author’s life and a synoptic table to enable contextualization of what is read. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Emily Brontė, Wuthering Heights R.L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Oscar Wilde, The Model Millionaire Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness James Joyce, Eveline, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Virginia Woolf, Orlando George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 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