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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert? This story for Bookworms is loosely based on the famous novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, one of France's greatest writers. The novel was written in 1862, and the story has been retold many times – in a musical, in plays for radio and theatre, and in more than fifty films for television and cinema.

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian.But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned home.This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of their famous and dangerous race.

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.Love stories with a difference… There's a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there's a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There's a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there's a girl who meets a boy…These love stories are by US writers Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, and Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of the famous Anne of Green Gables).

Роман Жюля Верна «Пятнадцатилетний капитан», опубликованный в 1878 году, несколько отличается от всех прочих произведений автора – в нем нет ни мистики, ни опережающих свое время изобретений. В нем показана Африка, какой она предстала перед исследователями. Именно там, стараниями коварного Негоро, оказывается Дик Сэнд – пятнадцатилетний капитан, который был вынужден встать за штурвал, после того, как трагическое происшествие унесло жизни капитана и всех матросов. И теперь перед ним стоит непростая задача – доставить выживших домой.Текст адаптирован для уровня 2 (Pre-Intermediate) и сопровождается комментариями, упражнениями и словарем.В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.