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The Lady in White
[Cambridge English Readers Level 4]
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Is it coincidence or is he losing his mind? While researching a new programme, John, a successful television producer, comes across a story about a ghostly hitch-hiker. Soon he realises that the story of the Lady in White bears many similarities to part of his own life. Returning to London from a holiday in Ireland, John begins to ask himself some uncomfortable questions. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Is it coincidence or is he losing his mind? While researching a new programme, John, a successful television producer, comes across a story about a ghostly hitch-hiker. Soon he realises that the story of the Lady in White bears many similarities to part of his own life. Returning to London from a holiday in Ireland, John begins to ask himself some uncomfortable questions. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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August 20, 2014
Well, when i started this book i expected a ghost mystery, I knew it is going to be a mystery but I expected to understand something for the Woman in white, but there was nothing except one theory and how Jone became paranoid and there were many deviations from the main story - memories of Jenny when her car broke and things like that, things with no connection to the story.
And the end really disappointed me, nothing was explained or finished. We still don't know who is the Woman in white is there any connection between her and John's wife, are their dreams have any meaning.
It was a nice read, but a little bit disapointing.
And the end really disappointed me, nothing was explained or finished. We still don't know who is the Woman in white is there any connection between her and John's wife, are their dreams have any meaning.
It was a nice read, but a little bit disapointing.
January 11, 2014
It starts good, it haves good story but in the final chapter, the story it's a little bit messy and they cut awful the story. It didn't understand how was the lady in white or what relation she has with the story or the characters (?)
March 10, 2017
It was a terrific story except its end
March 10, 2009
I had to read this book for school. I really enjoyed it although it's a little bit scary. And the end is quite disappointing.
August 25, 2012
I am a HUGE fan of horror. I just love how my skin tingles and my heart pounds when I read those scary, horror novels. Just like every human being should have a daily dose of humour, he/she should also have a daily dose of horror. My favorite horror author is Edgar Allan Poe, he is the KING of horror. No one can write as well as Poe, not even Colin Campbell. But still, The Lady In White was SCARY, literally! I loved the idea, the storyline is very well developed but the end was just not meaningful! The end was not satisfying at all. But if you want a darkly enjoyable read, this will be the one!
February 14, 2023
Labai patiko! Istorija apie paslaptingą merginą prie kelio, keisti sapnai, kelių žmonių istorijų sutapimas ir t.t. . Nuostabi knyga!
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October 6, 2009
The writing was bad but the buildup was good, so although this book was clearly intended for a younger reader, I was bummed that the ending wasn't freakier. I have to admit that it was novel... it's not often that seeing a ghost can be both frightening and a relief at the same time... but it was way tamer than I was hoping for.
May 16, 2013
Cambridge level4
-180min
-White, tape recorder, hitch hiker, trip, family, rainy, dream
-do you wan to hitch hike to travel?
No, because it is too scary to get on stranger's car.
-this story is interesting because I can' t expect what's gonna happen end of the story.
-180min
-White, tape recorder, hitch hiker, trip, family, rainy, dream
-do you wan to hitch hike to travel?
No, because it is too scary to get on stranger's car.
-this story is interesting because I can' t expect what's gonna happen end of the story.
May 10, 2012
Kind of scary at some points (don't let this scare you off, I get scared VERY easily). It just keeps you reading to find out what the heck is going on.
November 24, 2012
Didn't get this book at all. Started well but was just plain weird.. sorry not one I would recommend to anyone!
September 20, 2014
Useless plot, useless story, no point, absolutely disliked it. Not recommended.
September 10, 2018
Great book for horror lovers....
January 25, 2021
Simple story
April 23, 2021
en ciertas parte de verdad senti miedo, soy nuevo leyendo en este idioma y es el primero que leo de este genero. lleno de nuevo bocavulario que aprender.
April 8, 2022
honestly, it was quite boring and not very entertaining.
August 13, 2024
Para empezar con inglés no está mal. Realmente lo disfruté porque es muy sencillo. Vocabulario un poco repetitivo y el final muy flojo.
April 13, 2021
An extraordinary and interesting story. If you like mistical book, start read this one, it’s short but a nice detective story
December 2, 2009
3. This book has a great mystery. That was the reason I chose this book; however, when I finished it, I saw that I really do not like mystery. Actually I like mysterious story, but at the end of the story I wish to learn all things. While story was continuing, it should keep mystery, but when we came to end. It should explain all mysteries. This book finishes with significant mystery. Thorough the story we read about a woman who wear white dress, but we do not know who she is. Hence, if I have a chance to change the setting in this story, I would change the last part and I would add the information about the lady in white.
15. The story is about two TV-producers, John and Jenny, who want to make a new program about urban myths. There is a story about a hitch-hiker, the lady in white. When a man picked her up she started to cry, she had a problem with her car. The driver didn’t see a car. Suddenly she started to scream. The car started go wild, she put her hands on the steering wheel, and pulled it. The car turned around. She opened the door and was gone.
John said that’s how I met Rachel, his wife. The same place and she was dressed in white. They have a one year old son. John en Jenny talked to the police in the village. The police told about a terrible accident, the woman and a little boy both killed by the accident, the boy just as old as John’s son. John was trying to forget the story and went on a holiday. On this holiday he had a nightmare There was a man who takes his son. He told John that little babies always come back.
After his holiday he didn’t go to his work. He went to the place where he had met Rachel. He doesn’t now what he must think about the story. Then after a several days he saw a hitch-hiker. When she wants to open the door, he drove away. He hadn’t seen her face. He takes his phone and called Rachel, he has to know if it was she. Nobody answered the phone. Was she the hitch-hiker, where was she? After a while Rachel answered the phone, she was already going to sleep.
October 28, 2011
Colin Campbell
The Lady in White Level 4
The book named ‘The lady in white’ is a scary story. Jenny told John some story which she had heard through radio. On man met one lady who was wearing white clothes, when he is on his way from Brighton. He gave a ride for her to the garage because she said that her car didn’t work. A strange thing is that she was wet even it wasn’t rain. She acted strange. She cried and suddenly screamed. She screamed that they lost control and she suddenly pulled the steering wheel of the car. She act as if she wanted kill him and herself. He shouted her. After that, she suddenly disappeared. When Jenny let him heard this story. He was so nervous because this story was what he underwent. But how could the man who told this story on the radio knew his story. However, there were three men who had this experience. They said that the women escaped a psychiatric hospital.
In my opinion, this book is not really interesting. I don’t have any idea of this book. It is just scary story. I don’t want to recommend to my classmates. But the book is written as easy word so people can read easy and fast. At first, I think the lady is ghost so I didn’t want to read, when I went to go bed. However, the woman was just a patient. It makes me relief.
The Lady in White Level 4
The book named ‘The lady in white’ is a scary story. Jenny told John some story which she had heard through radio. On man met one lady who was wearing white clothes, when he is on his way from Brighton. He gave a ride for her to the garage because she said that her car didn’t work. A strange thing is that she was wet even it wasn’t rain. She acted strange. She cried and suddenly screamed. She screamed that they lost control and she suddenly pulled the steering wheel of the car. She act as if she wanted kill him and herself. He shouted her. After that, she suddenly disappeared. When Jenny let him heard this story. He was so nervous because this story was what he underwent. But how could the man who told this story on the radio knew his story. However, there were three men who had this experience. They said that the women escaped a psychiatric hospital.
In my opinion, this book is not really interesting. I don’t have any idea of this book. It is just scary story. I don’t want to recommend to my classmates. But the book is written as easy word so people can read easy and fast. At first, I think the lady is ghost so I didn’t want to read, when I went to go bed. However, the woman was just a patient. It makes me relief.
July 8, 2015
1. The lady in white / Collin Campbell
2. 5 July / about 130 minutes
3. Television producer / record tape / new program / white dress / accident / hitchhiker / worry
4. The policeman tell them about a lady and the 1-year-old boy who were in accident at the same place before. / when I read this sentence, I feel fear.
5. I don't like this book because the story is mystery, and it is difficult to understand for me. Especially, the last scene was boring so I didn't understand if Rachel and the lady in a white dress were the same person or not.
2. 5 July / about 130 minutes
3. Television producer / record tape / new program / white dress / accident / hitchhiker / worry
4. The policeman tell them about a lady and the 1-year-old boy who were in accident at the same place before. / when I read this sentence, I feel fear.
5. I don't like this book because the story is mystery, and it is difficult to understand for me. Especially, the last scene was boring so I didn't understand if Rachel and the lady in a white dress were the same person or not.
February 13, 2014
hol a faszomba van a könyv?!4 hah? most igy hogyan olvasssam el?! szerencsetlen geci oldal. mennyetek a fütykös fenébe tényleg. Na szóval azért jelentkeztem ide mert el akartam olvasni egy könyvet és azt hittem itt meglelem. osztan miost csalocdnom kellett bennük mennyetek a fenébe tényleg az ember itt ir meg keres meg a lelkét is belefeccoli h itt legyen és izé min1 ennek nincs is értelm. szóval mennyen ez az egesz kóceráj a fenebe mert én olvasni akartam és asdm, [xk
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July 19, 2010
i think this book is the best book ever,it is about a man and his wife and kid who lives in a house. one day he realise his wife and his son disapperd.
when you read this story you can't have a break you want to know what is going to happen next.
honestly i havent read it yet but i think it is great story though.
when you read this story you can't have a break you want to know what is going to happen next.
honestly i havent read it yet but i think it is great story though.
January 20, 2016
Its my first book in English that i read, i liked the story, the writer how he is describing things, and how he is connecting the event and also talking about more than one thing in the same time. It was nice experience to read such as this kind of story 'ghost story', although i enjoyed reading it.
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July 16, 2024Got this book from the library at my school more than ten years ago, and I still think about it all the time. I couldn't remember the name for a long time, and frankly, the storyline is blurry to me now. It was just one of those books that you read as a kid and haunts you throughout your life, ya' know? I'm thinking about rereading it sometime soon...
June 2, 2024
dos palabras: PUTA MIERDA
le pongo una estrella porque no se puede poner menos, si te lo tienes que leer por obligación como yo prepárate para sufrir con esta mierda de libro que es pesado y repetitivo
le pongo una estrella porque no se puede poner menos, si te lo tienes que leer por obligación como yo prepárate para sufrir con esta mierda de libro que es pesado y repetitivo
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June 21, 2015i adore it's simple easy reading story and in the beginning you think you face a very tragic adventurous story and you trace the story until the end and you expect some awful evidence would happen then but it results in a happy evidence .
May 5, 2008
I loved this classic! It is an old fashioned mystery with love and genius
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January 25, 2013I think this book very intresting.I want to read her.
April 12, 2014
Îi dau 3 stele pentru că sfârşitul a fost puţin previzibil şi pentru că vocabularul putea să fie mai complex. Se repetă de prea multe ori unele cuvinte şi structuri.
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