Mary Shelley was not yet twenty years old when she wrote this classic tale of a scientist’s attempt to create a new noble species – an experiment which instead produces a monster. Frankenstein is here…
Divided into 12 units covering fundamental aspects of culture, Aspects brings you on a panoramic tour of the English Speaking World. Each unit elaborates current affairs topics at different language levels (towards B1, B1, B2)…
What happens when a poor young boy from New York City suddenly finds himself in a beautiful English castle with a rich and angry old grandfather? Will he be able to become an English lord?…
When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy Canterville Chase, everyone tells him that he is crazy because the house is haunted by a ghost. And when the American family comes to live there, strange…
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the first masters of modern short stories and modernist poetry. But he is best remembered for his strange style of horror, with characters who cannot be forgotten. A man…
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s The Five Orange Pips; in Charles Dickens’ Hunted Down a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal by Clarence…
How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world’s blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the „Malibu Colony”, near Los Angeles? New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,…
Two years have passed since Susan, Brian and Jim solved a baffling mystery in San Francisco. This time they have to solve a million dollar mystery: Mark Twain’s secret diary has just been discovered and…
Atlantis was once an advanced civilisation where everybody lived in peace. But when the rains come everybody knows it will be destroyed. Ryan, a slave, and Daria, a princess, tell the story of its last…
The mythical figure of Jay Gatsby haunts this celebrated depiction of the Jazz Age. A profound commentary on the American Dream, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the decay of idealism, innocence and moral value in the decade…
