J. Y. K. Kerr Libros

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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.

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.

El famoso román de la escritora inglesa del siglo XIX Elizabeth Gaskell, "Cranford", fue publicado por primera vez en forma de serie en la revista "Household Words", dirigida por Charles Dickens, en 1851. La autora retrata el ficticio pueblo de Cranford, inspirado en Knutsford, en el condado de Cheshire, donde pasó gran parte de su infancia. La trama del román consiste en una serie de episodios caprichosos de la vida de Mary Smith y sus amigas, las solteronas hermanas Matty y Deborah Jenkyns. La escena está poblada por personajes humorísticos, como Betty Barker, quien ama a su vaca como si fuera su hija, la honorable pero letárgica señora Jamieson, Thomas Holbrook, un pretendiente de la señorita Matty que muere un año después de su viaje a París, y el dudoso sirviente de la señora Jamieson, el señor Mulliner. "Cranford" no solo ha sido querido por numerosas generaciones, sino que también ha sido adaptado para cine y televisión, incluyendo la serie de la BBC "Cranford".

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.

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

D.H. Lawrence's great autobiographical novel is a provocative portrait of an artist torn between love for his possessive mother and desire for two young beautiful women. Set in the Nottinghamshire coal fields of Lawrence's own boyhood, the story of young Paul Morel's growing into manhood in a British working-class family rife with conflict reveals both an inner and an outer world seething with intense emotions. Gertrude is Paul's puritanical mother who concentrates all her love and attention on her son Paul. She nurtures his talents as a painter - and when she broods that he might marry someday and desert her, he swears he will never leave her. Inevitably, Paul does fall in love, but with two women - and is unable to choose between them. Written early in Lawrence's literary career, Sons and Lovers possesses all the powers of description, insistent sensuality, and scathing social criticism that are the special hallmarks of his genius. "A work of striking originality," writes the critic F.R. Leavis, by "the greatest creative writer in English of our time." Book jacket.

Novela juvenil sobre un padre divorciado que se disfraza de mujer para convertirse en la "niñera" de sus hijos. La historia explora temas de identidad, amor familiar y la lucha por mantener la conexión con los seres queridos a pesar de las adversidades. La narrativa combina humor y ternura, mostrando las dificultades que enfrenta el protagonista mientras intenta ser parte de la vida de sus hijos de una manera poco convencional. La obra ha sido reconocida y aclamada, destacando su impacto en la literatura infantil y juvenil.

[ 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?