World Stories

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This series contains original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary;
description of major themes;
pre-reading vocabulary activities;
post-reading language and comprehension exercises;
a literary analysis section and essay questions. The Macmillan Literature Collections are aimed at Advanced readers and will help ease students'
transition from graded Readers to authentic reading, giving them the joy of feeling that they are finally reading and studying literature just as it was written.

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Macmillan Literature Collections
Introduction
Using a dictionary
The Voyage
by Katherine Mansfield
New Zealand: A grandmother and granddaughter travel
by night from the North Island to the South Island.
The Darling by Anton Chekhov-Russia: The story of a
woman and her search for love and identity.
The Drover'
s Wife
by Henry Lawson
Australia: A mother protects her children against a
venomous snake.
A Devoted Son
by Anita Desai
India: A successful doctor looks after his ageing father.
The Roof
by Horacio Quiroga
Argentina: A man struggles to save his job.
Missing Out
by Leila Aboulela
Sudan: A young couple are caught between two
cultures.
Essay questions
Glossary
Language study index

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