Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2

Author: Mary Wilmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108436199
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world. Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 is a set text for Cambridge IGCSE®, O Level and International AS & A Level Literature in English courses. The anthology contains short stories written in English by authors from many different countries and cultures, including Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Christina Rossetti, Janet Frame, Jhumpa Lahiri, Romesh Gunesekera, Segun Afolabi, Margaret Atwood and many others. Classic writers appear alongside new voices from around the world in a stimulating collection with broad appeal.

Songs of Ourselves

Author: Cambridge International Examinations
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107447798
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
This series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world.

Stories of Ourselves: Volume 1

Author: Mary Wilmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108462297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456

Book Description
This series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world. Parts of Stories of Ourselves Volume 1 are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE®, O Level and International AS & A Level Literature in English courses. Each short story in this collection has its own unique voice and point of view. They may differ in form, genre, style, tone and origin, but all have been chosen because of their wide appeal. Written in English by authors from different countries and cultures, the anthology includes works by Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene, V.S. Naipaul, R.K Narayan, Janet Frame, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Annie Proulx and many others.

Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2

Author:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108462280
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world. Parts of Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE®, O Level and Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English syllabuses. Following on from the popular Songs of Ourselves 1, the anthology includes work from over 100 poets, combining famous names - such as William Blake, Emily Dickinson and Les Murray - with lesser-known voices. This helps students to create fresh and interesting contrasts as they explore themes that range from nature to war.

Songs of Ourselves: Volume 1

Author: Mary Wilmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108462266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
This series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world. Parts of Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE®, O Level and Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English syllabuses. The anthology includes work from over 100 poets, combining famous names - such as William Wordsworth, Maya Angelou and Seamus Heaney - with lesser-known voices. This helps students create fresh and interesting contrasts as they explore themes that range from love to death.

The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion

Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Clipper Audio
ISBN: 9781471252198
Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
A moving tale from the great writer Thomas Hardy, exposing the inequality of nineteenth century society In this short tragedy, the honourable behaviour of a young woman and the foreign soldier with whom she is in love is confronted by the hypocritical respectability of English society. The story ends in betrayal and execution. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion contains all the elements of pastoral tragedy that are found in Hardy's novels, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd.

Stories of Ourselves

Author: University of Cambridge International Examinations
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521727914
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
The University of Cambridge Anthologies of Poetry and Stories. Stories of Ourselves is a set text for the Cambridge Literature in English courses at IGCSE, O Level, AS and A Level. The anthology contains stories by writers from many different countries and cultures.

Songs of Ourselves

Author: Cambridge International Examinations
Publisher: Foundation Books
ISBN: 9788175962484
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Songs of Ourselves: the University of Cambridge International Examinations Anthology of Poetry in English contains work by more than 100 poets from all parts of the English speaking world.

The Black Ball

Author: Ralph Ellison
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241339235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.' Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series,with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

The Furnished Room

Author: O. Henry
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726587661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6

Book Description
"The Furnished Room" is a short story about love and dedication, about exhaustion and despair. A young man is in search for a girl he fell in love with. He rents a room near the theaters where she is to be seen and he devotes his days to the dream of finding her. When all of a sudden the sweet fragrance of her perfume fills his room ... Is he finally blessed with success? Or this is an evil ghost from the past? Will he get to embrace the girl he loves or she will drag him to the verge of sanity? William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, was an American writer who lived in the late 19th century. He gains wide popularity with his short stories which often take place either in New York or some small American towns. The plot twists and the surprise endings are a typical and integral part of O. Henry’s short stories. Some of his best known works are "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and the Anthem", "A Retrieved Reformation". His stories often deal with ordinary people and the individual aspects of life. As a result of the outstanding literature legacy that O. Henry left behind, there is an American annual award after his name, given to exceptional short stories.