Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but oneday a cyclone blows her and her house toa strange country called Oz. There, Dorothymakes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person canhelp her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothyand her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz…
'The moment I first met you,I noticedyour pride,your sense of superiority,and your selfish disdain for thefeelings of others.You are the lastman in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry',said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy.Cannothing overcome her prejudice against him?Andwhat of the other Bennet girls their fortunes,andmisfortunes,in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise andhumorous observation of the people and manners ofher times.
London in the 1830s was no place to be ifyou were a hungry ten-year-old boy,anorphan without friends or family,with nohome to go to,and only a penny in yourpocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends-Fagin,the Artful Dodger,and Charley Bates.They give him food and shelter,and play games with him,but it is not until some days laterthat Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and whatkind of 'games' they play…
A housewife,a tramp,a lawyer,a waitress,an actress -ordinary people living ordinary Lives in New York at the beginning of thiscentury.The city has changed greatly sincethat time,but its people are much the same.Some are rich,some are poor,some are happy,someare 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 livesof these New Yorkers.(Word count 5,895)
In a gloomy,neglected house Miss Havisham sits,as she has sat year afteryear,in a wedding dress and veil that wereonce white,and are now faded and yellowwith age.Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate.By her side sitsa proud and beautiful girl,and in front of her,trembling withfear in his thick country boots,stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly,and murmurs to the girlat her side:'Break his heart,Estella.Break his heart!'(Word count 24,045)
Christmas is humbug,Scrooge says-just a time when you find yourself a yearolder and not a penny richer.The onlything that matters to Scrooge is business,and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him.They take him travelling on the wings of the night to seethe shadows of Christmas past,present,and future-and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.
The wind is strong on the Yorkshiremoors.There are few trees,and fewerhouses,to block its path.There is onehouse,however,that does not hide fromthe wind.It stands out from the hill and challenges the wind to do its worst.The house is called Wuthering Heights. When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange,small,dark childback home to Wuthering Heights,it seems he has openedhis doors to trouble.He has invited in something that,likethe wind,is safer kept out of the house.
Sometimes the Dashwood girls do notseem like sisters.Elinor is all calmnessand reason,and can be relied upon forpractical,common sense opinions.Marianne,on the other hand,is allsensibility,full of passionate and romantic feeling.Shehas no time for dull common sense-or for middle-agedmen of thirty-five,long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young,of course.And ifyour heart is broken at the age of seventeen,how can youever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fillsyour life,waking and sleeping?
