Amy Tan

Clare West

In this novel four Chinese mothers, who left their native land behind but not their old customs, and their four American-born daughters tell their stories about living life caught between two cultures. The mothers meet up and form their own club to gossip, play mah-jong and exchange memories.

The Joy Luck Club

Joanthan Swift

Suitable for younger learners Word count 15,325 Bestseller

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: Gulliver's Travels

Stella Gibbons

A school reader for secondary pupils, in the OXFORD BOOKWORMS. BLACK SERIES STAGE 6. This new series offers students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English.

Cold Comfort Farm

Alexandre Dumas

Count of Monte Cristo

Oxford Bookworms Collection: Crime Never Pays

These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age, in a wide variety of writing styles, including black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observations of the follies and foibles of humankind. Authors such as Saki, Evelyn Waugh, Roald Dahl, Raymond Carver, and W Somerset Maugham look at youth, marriage, parenthood and new relationships in later life, in stories that each have a unique twist.

Short Stories

From the Cradle to the Grave

Thomas Hardy

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 6: Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Bill Bowler

The Butler Did it and Other Plays

Ten-year old Mary come to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. This edition is retold in simple language.

The secret garden

Charlotte Brontë

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 6: Jane Eyre

George Eliot

What is the value of human relations, the connection between souls? In Silas Marner, George Eliot explores this question in the story of a reclusive weaver in a small English town who learns to trade his love of gold for the love of those around him. Though he started life as a religious man, a heartbreaking betrayal drove Silas Marner to become a recluse whose only companions were his gold coins. But one day, his gold is stolen and a golden-haired girl appears in his cottage . . . and from that day forward, Marner -- and the town -- are irrevocably changed. An Accelerated Reader® Title

Silas Marner

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver has an itch to travel around the world, but whenever he steps on a ship, bad luck seems to find him. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned, and mutinied against, and each time lands in a strange and curious place. First he discovers the kingdom of the six-inch-tall Lilliputians, then the country of the giant Brobdingnagians, then the island of the academic Laputans, which floats in the sky, and finally the noble realm of the horselike Houyhnhnms. Who knew there were so many unusual creatures under the sun.

Gulliver's Travels

'A Passage to India' is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Time magazine included the novel in its All Time 100 Novels list. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India and the title is derived from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in Leaves of Grass. 'A Passage to India' explores the common racial tensions and prejudices between Indians and the British who ruled India. One of the greatest novels every written.

A Passage to India

A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. Provides extensive guidance and practice in five key areas of language: Grammar, Phrasal verbs, Vocabulary, Word study and Writing. This best-selling book has now been updated and revised throughout to take account of recent revisions to the CAE and CPE syllabuses. There are major changes to some Use of English tasks and to the Writing section, which contains four new units. It can be used to supplement any advanced coursebook, in class or for self-study, and is particularly suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge CAE and Proficiency (CPE) examinations.

Recycling Advanced English with Removable Key

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: A Time of Waiting: Stories from Around the World

Jane Austen

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5: Sense and Sensibility

For lower-intermediate to intermediate students who wish to improve their listening skills in English. Suitable for classroom use, or for self study. Includes 28 units covering a wide range of topics and situations and tasks for active listening, to build skills and confidence.

Listen Here! Intermediate Listening Activities

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 6: Cold Comfort Farm

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 2: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Anthony Trollope

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Mrs Proudie, the warlike wife of the new Bishop of Barchester, brings the Reverend Slope into the Bishop's Palace to help dominate her husband and rule the local clergy. But Slope is a snake in the grass, determined to find a rich wife, to win advancement for himself, even to fight Mrs Proudie if necessary. Their battle becomes a furious dance, involving rich, pretty Widow Bold, angry Archdeacon Grantly, man-eating Signora Neroni, gentle Mr Harding, confused Parson Quiverful and his fourteen noisy children. This classic comic story is Trollope's most famous novel.

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