Peguin Readers 5:British and American short StoriesBook & CD Pack

by Various, D.H. Lawrence

These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. There’s the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird making a nest in his hair! And there’s the man who tries to catch a ghost.

Paperback

Published June 5, 2008

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Reviews

[Ng Man Lok Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains different short stories of different themes and genres, some are complicated and confusing while some are interesting to read. Take “The Rocking Horse Winner” as an example, the ending is very sudden and shocking, but the author did not say exactly what was to be expressed. The theme of the story was also not clearly presented, some may think it is death, or maybe addiction to gambling. Although the main ideas are not clear, I will still recommend it to friends and anyone interested to something as written.

[Sara Leyla · Rating 3 out of 5]

The little book countains shorts stories , with message at the end of each story . Two of them were "T h e B a rb e r’s U n c le " by William Saroyan and "T h e R o c k in g -H o rs e W in n e r by D. H . Lawrence , those short interesting stories let us read how was real life in those years , with different contexts , but also reflect lifes and real dialogues . On the other hand the stories are too short but easy to read .

[Aifa Akmalia · Rating 1 out of 5]

The stories are very short... moreover, there are no 'climacs' in every story, so reader be bored