From the cradle to the grave : short stories /
From the cradle to the grave : short stories /
editado por Clare West ; Saki ...[y otros siete]
- 143 páginas ; 20 cm
- Oxford Bookworms .
Este ejemplar incluye espacios para completar los cuales no deben ser diligenciados por los usuarios Incluye datos biográficos de los autores Saki es el seudónimo de Hector Hugh Munro.
Tea / Saki -- Mr Loveday's little outing / Evelyn Waugh -- The colonel's lady / Somerset Maugham -- Mrs Bixby and the colonel's coat / Roald Dahl -- They gave her a rise / Frank Sargeson -- The bath / Raymond Carver -- Same time, same place / H.E. Bates -- A bit of singing and dancing / Susan Hill.
These texts are not abridged or adapted in any way, but have been carefully selected for content and language that will be understood by the advanced student.These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age: the idealism of young people, the stresses of marriage, the anxieties of parenthood, and the loneliness and fears of older people. The wide variety of writing styles includes black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observation of the follies and foibles of humankind.
Texto en inglés.
0194226921 9780194226929
Inglés--Enseñanza.--Libros de lectura.
Comprensión lectora--Problemas, ejercicios.
428.6 / F931f 1993
Este ejemplar incluye espacios para completar los cuales no deben ser diligenciados por los usuarios Incluye datos biográficos de los autores Saki es el seudónimo de Hector Hugh Munro.
Tea / Saki -- Mr Loveday's little outing / Evelyn Waugh -- The colonel's lady / Somerset Maugham -- Mrs Bixby and the colonel's coat / Roald Dahl -- They gave her a rise / Frank Sargeson -- The bath / Raymond Carver -- Same time, same place / H.E. Bates -- A bit of singing and dancing / Susan Hill.
These texts are not abridged or adapted in any way, but have been carefully selected for content and language that will be understood by the advanced student.These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age: the idealism of young people, the stresses of marriage, the anxieties of parenthood, and the loneliness and fears of older people. The wide variety of writing styles includes black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observation of the follies and foibles of humankind.
Texto en inglés.
0194226921 9780194226929
Inglés--Enseñanza.--Libros de lectura.
Comprensión lectora--Problemas, ejercicios.
428.6 / F931f 1993
