Tom Sawyer does not like school.He doesnot like work,and he never wants to getout of bed in the morning.But he likesswimming and fishing,and havingadventures with his friends.And he has a lot of adventures.One night,he and his friend Huck Finngo to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night.They see somethingworse than a ghost-much,much worse...(Word count 5,825)
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)
Sherlock Holmes is famous around theworld.When the police cannot solve acrime,they turn to Holmes.He nevermisses a clue,and when he lookscarefully at a person,he can understand everything about them. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories.In 'The Dead Coachman',Holmes investigates a burglary and a murder while he is staying in the countryside with his friend Doctor Watson.In 'The Last Mystery',Holmes is in danger from the evil Professor Moriarty,who is as clever as the detective himself.They are both ready to fight to the death.But who will win?[Word count 8,351]
Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered,disagreeable child.When her parents diein India,she is sent back to England to livewith her uncle in a big,lonely,old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens and watch the robin flying over the highwalls of the secret garden…which has been locked for tenyears.And no one has the key.
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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.
When men find gold in the frozennorth of Canada,they need dogsbig,strong dogs to pull the sledges onthe long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold asa sledge-dog.He has to learn a new way of life -howto work in harness,how to stay alive in the ice and thesnow...and how to fight.Because when a dog fallsdown in a fight,he never gets up again.[Word count 10,965]
It is 1880,in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom ofthe Opera,the ghost that lives somewhereunder the Opera House.The Phantom is aman in black clothes.He is a body without a head,he is a head without a body.He has a yellow face,hehas no nose,he has black holes for eyes.Everybody is afraidof the Phantom-the singers,the dancers,the directors,thestage workers… But who has actually seen him?
The Marquis lay there,like stone,with a knife pushed into his heart.On his chest lay a piece of paper,with the words:Drive him fast to the grave.This is from JACQUES.' The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people.But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind.They can be generous and true-hearted...and brave.
