Les Misérables Victor Hugo Classic / British English Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert Classic / British English Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean’s life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice – ‘les misérables’. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 6527 2 / 120 pages 978 1 4058 8037 4 Emma Bovary is a dreamer. She escapes from her boring life with her father by marrying Charles, a doctor, but married life does not bring her the love and excitement she expected. She looks for love outside her marriage, and one of literature’s great tragedies begins to unfold. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 6531 9 / 120 pages 978 1 4058 8038 1 Misery Stephen King Contemporary / British English The Moonstone Wilkie Collins Classic / British English A story by Stephen King – the master of horror. Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’s favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. The Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and to write different kinds of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 7665 0 / 112 pages 978 1 4058 8041 1 The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen… The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 8268 2 / 128 pages 978 1 4058 8042 8 NOT AVAILABLE IN UK, COMMONWEALTH, USA AND CANADA The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Contemporary / British English A Room with a View E.M.Forster Classic / British English It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story: a man’s exploration of his own life, and his heart-breaking attempt to make sense of it. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 8269 9 / 120 pages 978 1 4058 8044 2 Lucy Honeychurch is a young middle-class English girl. Her life is comfortable and she lives in a protected existence. But her experiences on holiday in Italy show her a different side of life. She learns to look more closely at the people around her and discovers the power of her own heart. Book 978 1 4058 6530 2 / 120 pages IN USA AND NOT AVAILABLE IN USA AND CANADA NO Audio Pack AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE PHILIPPINES Schindler’s List Thomas Keneally Contemporary / British English Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson Contemporary / British English Thomas Keneally’s famous novel tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman who risked his life every day during the Second World War to save as many Jews as possible. Steven Spielberg’s film of Schindler’s List won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Book Audio Pack 978 1 4058 8272 9 / 120 pages 978 1 4058 8048 0 It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim’s death be discovered? Book 978 1 4058 8273 6 / 128 pages NOT AVAILABLE IN USA, CANADA AND PHILIPPINES Audio Pack 978 1 4058 8049 7 NOT AVAILABLE IN USA, CANADA AND PHILIPPINES 52 LEVEL 6 Pagina 44
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