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J. Y. K. Kerr

    Madame Doubtfire
    Cranford
    Mrs Packletide's tiger and other stories
    El misterio de Boscombe Valley
    Sons and Lovers
    The Warden
    • [Penguin Readers Level 5]The book centres on the character of Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity, whose charitable income far exceeds the purpose for which it was intended. Young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he considers to be an abuse of privilege, despite being in love with Mr. Harding's daughter Eleanor. The novel was highly topical as a case regarding the misapplication of church funds was the scandalous subject of contemporary debate. But Trollope uses this specific case to explore and illuminate the universal complexities of human motivation and social morality.

      The Warden
      3,5
    • Sons and Lovers

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      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 Lovers
      3,8
    • El misterio de Boscombe Valley

      • 94 páginas
      • 4 horas de lectura

      Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local land owner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail.

      El misterio de Boscombe Valley
      3,6
    • Cranford

      • 291 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura
      Cranford
      3,5
    • Penguin Readers: Simply Suspense

      w. Audio-CD

      • 37 páginas
      • 2 horas de lectura

      [ 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 Suspense
    • Penguin Readers - 5: Sons and Lovers

      • 80 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura

      [Penguin Readers Level 5]“She was a brazen hussy.”“She wasn’t. And she was pretty, wasn't she?”“I didn’t look. . . . And tell your girls, my son, that when they’re running after you, they’re not to come and ask your mother for you—tell them that—brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes.”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 is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

      Penguin Readers - 5: Sons and Lovers
    • Simply Stories - 2: Mrs. Dalloway

      • 48 páginas
      • 2 horas de lectura

      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. Dalloway