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WASHINGTON SQUARE
Henry James
Retold by Kieran McGovern
Word count 15,490
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194793322
CD American English
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
Jerome K. Jerome
Retold by Diane Mowat
Word count 18,055
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194793292
CLASSICS
A TIME OF WAITING: STORIES
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Retold by Clare West
Word count 13,874
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194794596
WORLD STORIES
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Charles Dickens
Retold by Ralph Mowat
Word count 14,850
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194793278
THE UNQUIET GRAVE –
SHORT STORIES
M. R. James
Retold by Peter Hawkins
Word count 15,860
ISBN 9780194791915
FANTASY & HORROR
WE DIDN’T MEAN
TO GO TO SEA
Arthur Ransome
Retold by Ralph Mowat
Word count 14,860
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194791939
THRILLER & ADVENTURE
THE WHISPERING KNIGHTS
Penelope Lively
Retold by Clare West
Word count 17,100
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194791946
FANTASY & HORROR
TREASURE ISLAND
Oxford Bookworms Library
Robert Louis Stevenson
Retold by John Escott
Word count 15,125
ISBN (CD Pack) 9780194793308
HUMAN INTEREST
CLASSICS
THRILLER & ADVENTURE
Gatsby’s mansion on Long Island
blazes with light, and the beautiful,
the wealthy, and the famous drive
out from New York to drink Gatsby’s
champagne and to party all night
long.Welcome to one of the 20
th
Century’s great American novels.
THE GREAT GATSBY
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Retold by Clare West
Word count 23,445
ISBN 9780194610599
CLASSICS
CLASSICS
DAVID COPPERFIELD
Charles Dickens
Retold by Clare West
Word count 24,770
ISBN 9780194610278
STAGE 5
1,800 Headwords • CEFR B2 • Average story length: 88 pages
Average word count: 23,000 • Cambridge English: First (FCE)
• IELTS 5.0 – 6.0 • TOEIC 785 – 940 • TOEFL 87 – 109
‘Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat
me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons,
really I have, sir!’ sobs David.
Although he is only eight years old,
Mr Murdstone does beat him, and
David is so frightened that he bites
his cruel stepfather’s hand.
Editor’s Choice
THE ACCIDENTAL
TOURIST
Anne Tyler
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
Word count 24,810
ISBN 9780194792158
CLASSICS
HUMAN INTEREST
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Emily Brontë
Retold by Clare West
Word count 23,180
ISBN 9780194610667
The wind is strong on the Yorkshire
moors. There are few trees, and
fewer houses, to block its path. There
is one house, however, that does
not hide from the wind. It stands out
from the hill and challenges the wind
to do its worst. The house is called
Wuthering Heights.
2005
