Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.
Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit - and their idea.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Lydia Clame tiene treinta años y ya no se siente joven. Pero, quizás por primera vez, está enamorada. Eso sí, de un hombre más joven que ella y que tal vez no la corresponda, dema¬siado ocupado en vivir los beneficios de su clase y de su sexo, in¬cluso de su aparentemente descuidado atractivo. Lo mismo en un partido de tenis que en un casino francés. La señorita Clame no tiene miedo, al contrario que algunas de sus amigas, a convertirse en una «solterona», pues la belleza que en¬cuentra en mucho de lo que la rodea, y en los libros que ama, la salvan de la realidad más prosaica Hasta que llegan las cuentas de los administradores de su herencia. Una novela agridulce, y muy crítica a pesar de su aparente lige¬reza, digna de Jane Austen, pero escrita por uno de los talentos más brillantes y secretos de la narrativa británica de la primera mitad del siglo xx. Y nunca antes publicada en España.
Augustus Carp es la autobiografía de un superintendente de la escuela dominical que se dedica a denunciar los pecados y debilidades de los demás ignorando, al mismo tiempo, los suyos. Aunque hace campaña en contra de la lujuria, del ocio, de beber y de fumar, se las arregla para indultarse a sí mismo y caer en una larga lista de vicios en nombre de la piedad. Su gula es justificada como un apetito saludable, delatar a los demás es un acto de devoción a la verdad, el chantaje es el mero castigo para los pecadores; mientras que tratar a su madre como una sirvienta esclavizada es simplemente rectitud patriarcal. Cuanto más en serio se toma a sí mismo, más ridículo y repelente resulta. Sus frecuentes pérdidas de dignidad son estrepitosas: desde su incapacidad para descender de los autobuses sin caerse hasta sus problemas crónicos de flatulencias. Una inigualable sátira a la hipocresía. La novela sigue a Augustus a través de las etapas de su vida, desde su nacimiento hasta sus 47 años, empezando con la infancia, siguiendo con sus días en el colegio y acabando con su vida laboral y su paternidad. Su actitud arrogante está marcada por el dominio del padre que le transmite esa visión deformada de su ego. Es una novela en la que el protagonista no madura ni evoluciona quedando atrapado en el proceso de crecimiento sin ningún punto de lucidez, un antibildungsroman. Desde su niñez ya es todo un tirano que se dedica a sobornar a sus profesores y continúa haciéndose de clubs antientretenimiento, considerando a las mujeres como una terrible perdición, explotando a sus seres queridos y, en definitiva, destruyendo vidas.
Las generaciones actuales ya no son esa audiencia pasiva que consumía todo aquello que lanzaban los medios de comunicación. Nos encontramos ante una generación activa y creadora de contenido online como videos, música o escritos con cientos de seguidores a través de medios como los blogs, las páginas especializadas y las re des sociales. Este libro aborda conceptos tan populares como los “memes”, “viral” o “Web 2.0” y también examina el compromiso de la audiencia o de los actualmente nombrados como “influenciadores” en la cultura en red.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her.But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year ...
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.
Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit - and their idea.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Lydia Clame tiene treinta años y ya no se siente joven. Pero, quizás por primera vez, está enamorada. Eso sí, de un hombre más joven que ella y que tal vez no la corresponda, dema¬siado ocupado en vivir los beneficios de su clase y de su sexo, in¬cluso de su aparentemente descuidado atractivo. Lo mismo en un partido de tenis que en un casino francés. La señorita Clame no tiene miedo, al contrario que algunas de sus amigas, a convertirse en una «solterona», pues la belleza que en¬cuentra en mucho de lo que la rodea, y en los libros que ama, la salvan de la realidad más prosaica
Hasta que llegan las cuentas de los administradores de su herencia. Una novela agridulce, y muy crítica a pesar de su aparente lige¬reza, digna de Jane Austen, pero escrita por uno de los talentos más brillantes y secretos de la narrativa británica de la primera mitad del siglo xx. Y nunca antes publicada en España.
Augustus Carp es la autobiografía de un superintendente de la escuela dominical que se dedica a denunciar los pecados y debilidades de los demás ignorando, al mismo tiempo, los suyos. Aunque hace campaña en contra de la lujuria, del ocio, de beber y de fumar, se las arregla para indultarse a sí mismo y caer en una larga lista de vicios en nombre de la piedad. Su gula es justificada como un apetito saludable, delatar a los demás es un acto de devoción a la verdad, el chantaje es el mero castigo para los pecadores; mientras que tratar a su madre como una sirvienta esclavizada es simplemente rectitud patriarcal. Cuanto más en serio se toma a sí mismo, más ridículo y repelente resulta. Sus frecuentes pérdidas de dignidad son estrepitosas: desde su incapacidad para descender de los autobuses sin caerse hasta sus problemas crónicos de flatulencias. Una inigualable sátira a la hipocresía. La novela sigue a Augustus a través de las etapas de su vida, desde su nacimiento hasta sus 47 años, empezando con la infancia, siguiendo con sus días en el colegio y acabando con su vida laboral y su paternidad. Su actitud arrogante está marcada por el dominio del padre que le transmite esa visión deformada de su ego. Es una novela en la que el protagonista no madura ni evoluciona quedando atrapado en el proceso de crecimiento sin ningún punto de lucidez, un antibildungsroman. Desde su niñez ya es todo un tirano que se dedica a sobornar a sus profesores y continúa haciéndose de clubs antientretenimiento, considerando a las mujeres como una terrible perdición, explotando a sus seres queridos y, en definitiva, destruyendo vidas.
Las generaciones actuales ya no son esa audiencia pasiva que consumía todo aquello que lanzaban los medios de comunicación. Nos encontramos ante una generación activa y creadora de contenido online como videos, música o escritos con cientos de seguidores a través de medios como los blogs, las páginas especializadas y las re des sociales. Este libro aborda conceptos tan populares como los “memes”, “viral” o “Web 2.0” y también examina el compromiso de la audiencia o de los actualmente nombrados como “influenciadores” en la cultura en red.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her.But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year ...
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to the wife of Henry VIII of England.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.