Covers several areas of the new KS3 National Curriculum: seminal world literature, pre-1914 and contemporary English literature. Something for everyone, from Rudyard Kipling to Isabel Allende, Katherine Mansfield to John Updike, Roald Dahl to Alice Walker.
By:
English & Media Centre
Edited by:
English & Media Centre
Imprint: English & Media Centre
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 238mm,
Width: 168mm,
ISBN: 9781906101329
ISBN 10: 1906101329
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
A full list of the stories: 'The Diamond Necklace', by Guy de Maupassant (1884) 'A Matter of Fact', by Rudyard Kipling (1893) 'Subha', by Rabindranath Tagore (1898) 'The Open Window', by Saki (1914) 'A Cup of Tea', by Katharine Mansfield (1922) 'Old Mrs Chundle', by Thomas Hardy (1929) 'One of These Days', by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1962) 'The Return', by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (1965) 'The White Trousers', by Yasar Kemal (1968) 'The Flowers', by Alice Walker (1973) 'Mrs Silly', by William Trevor (1975) 'I Used to Live Here Once', by Jean Rhys (1976) 'The Hitch-Hiker', by Roald Dahl (1977) 'Two Words', by Isabel Allende (1989) 'Oliver's Evolution', by John Updike (1998) 'Dog, Cat, and Baby', by Joe R. Lansdale (1999) 'The Gulf', by Geraldine McCaughrean (1999) 'The Paradise Carpet', by Jamila Gavin (2002) 'Resigned', by Meg Rosoff (2011) 'Happily Ever After', by Barbara Bleiman (2011) 'The Third-floor Bedroom', by Kate Dicamillo (2011)
