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J. Y. K. Kerr

    Mrs Packletide's tiger and other stories
    Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool
    Cranford
    The Warden
    Simply Stories - 2: Mrs. Dalloway
    Penguin Readers - 3: Ring of Bright Water
    • Penguin Readers: Simply Suspense

      w. Audio-CD

      • 37 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania

      [ Penguin Readers Level 2 ] Classic / British English There are three exciting short stories in this book. They are all about ... fear! Three people are in dangerous places. What can they do? Will anybody help them?

      Penguin Readers: Simply Suspense2008
    • Cranford

      • 41 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania

      A sensitive and moving portrait of life and manners in an English country village during the 1830s, Cranford recounts the events and activities in the lives of a group of spinsters and widows.

      Cranford1997
      3,9
    • Sons and Lovers

      • 72 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

      Sons and Lovers1996
      3,7
    • The Warden

      • 264 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      When an honest clergyman finds himself charged with financial impropriety by a Fleet Street tabloid, scandal, pathos, and humor result. Features an amusing narrative and cast, realistic dialogue, and a lively plot.

      The Warden1995
      3,4
    • "Miranda Hilliard does not live with her husband, Daniel. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work for Miranda and help with the children. But Madame Doubtfire seems strange, more like a man than a woman ..." - back cover

      Madame Doubtfire1995
      3,1
    • [Penguin Readers Level 6]When Loona Bimberton pulls off a coup with her celebrated 'Algerian aviator', Mrs Packletide feels compelled to respond.

      Mrs Packletide's tiger and other stories1993
      3,6
    • Simply Stories - 2: Mrs. Dalloway

      • 48 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania

      Stream of consciousness novel has events taking place in a single day, as Clarissa prepares for a party she is giving. An adaptation of a novel first published in 1925. Suitable for adult literacy learners of English as a second language.

      Simply Stories - 2: Mrs. Dalloway1992
      3,6