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Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, is the story of Amy Dorrit, a kind and compassionate young woman who is born impoverished and becomes wealthy, but retains her goodness and strength of character throughout. Little Dorrit is a novel of family loyalty. The story of a girl who is taking care of a large family and her love for the rich young man, and at the same time sarcastic description of English society the debtors prison of the Marshalsea, financial practice and corruption. We follow the paths of three families, and rub shoulders with a few others as well.
Little Lord Fauntleroy - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather . . .
Little Lord Fauntleroy Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather . . .
Little Men. Or, Life at Plumfield With Jos Boys
Louisa May Alcott
Now married, the warm-hearted and fiesty Jo Bhaer (nee March) couldnt be happier. Jo, along with her husband Professor Friedrich Bhaer, operates the Plumfield Estate School, an unconventional school based on individuality and diversity. Plumfield is a haven for poor orphans which is attended by 12 adopted boy and Jos own two sons. Although Plumfield is a place of trust and warmth, the boys occasionally struggle to maintain good manners. Personal relationships are key to the school, as well as to the novel, and the lovable characters get up to plenty of scrapes and adventures, but in the end, even the troublesome among them find redemption in the love and support of the extended March family. Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jos Boys is the delightful unofficial sequel to Louisa May Alcotts Little Women, which is completed with Alcotts 1886 novel Jos Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men.
Wilkie Collins
These are Victorian melodramas set in England with a strong focus on the class system, but in the end thats what makes the stories so special. There are several common themes of Wilkie Collins, including the general theme of the return of a character presumed dead. Great for readers of Victorian fiction.
Little Princess. Wydanie dwujęzyczne z gratisami
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Podobnie jak w Tajemniczym ogrodzie Frances Hodgson Burnett na głównego bohatera wybiera małą dziewczynkę – Sarę, która trafia na pensję prowadzoną przez pannę Minchin. Nagła śmierć ojca odmienia jej życie – zostaje służącą, okrutnie traktowaną przez nauczycielki. Co się stało na pensyi? to tłumaczenie pierwszej, wydawanej w odcinkach wersji historii pt. Sara Crew. Późniejsza Little Princess to już dłuższa, rozszerzona o nowe wątki powieść. Książka Burnett, mówiąca o sile przyjaźni i mocy wyobraźni, które pozwalają przetrwać nawet najcięższe chwile, uczy wrażliwości i, choć porusza trudne i smutne zagadnienia, z pewnością pozostawi czytelnika z ciepłem w sercu. Ta edycja zawiera dostęp do gratisów. Wydawnictwo Wymownia przygotowało prezenty dla swoich Czytelników. Treść książki zdradzi sposób, w jaki można pobrać niespodzianki – darmowe ebooki naszego wydawnictwa. Przygotowaliśmy także wiele innych publikacji dwujęzycznych w zdecydowanie atrakcyjnych cenach. Znajdą się wśród nich książki dla dorosłych i dla dzieci. Sprawdź ofertę i wybierz te książki, które najbardziej Ci odpowiadają. Czytanie dzieł w oryginale to skuteczna i bardzo przyjemna metoda nauki języka obcego. Polskie tłumaczenie zapewnia natomiast całkowite zrozumienie treści także przez osoby, których znajomość języka obcego nie jest zaawansowana. Dzieło można czytać w dowolnej wersji językowej.
Louisa May Alcott
Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcotts most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Four sisters are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother in a quiet Massachusetts town while their father serves as an army chaplain during the American Civil War. Here are independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and artistic Amy, the baby of the family. The charming story of these four little women and their wise and patient mother Marmee enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England was an instant success when first published in 1868 and has been adored for generations. Following the lives of the March sisters, the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. The novel has two sequels: Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jos Boys (1871) and Jos Boys and How They Turned Out (1886).
Little Women - With Audio Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library
Alcott, Louisa May
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his 'little women' when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years.