لعبة خطرة

by William Harris, صلاح عبد الخالق (ترجمة وتحقيق)

Longman Originals is a series of graded readers in four stages. All the stories are original - that is to say, written especially for the series. Originated from the Longman Structural Readers, the series aims to offer a stimulating range of modern stories, including detective stories, adventure and romance.

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

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William Harris (six spaces) - British Presbyterian minister
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William Harris (eight spaces) - self help

Reviews

[César Lasso · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first read this ghost story during an English course in Ireland in 1978 or 1979. I liked it a lot, so I’ve used it now in my private lessons to a student. The result has been excellent – the student has enjoyed it as much as I did.

I had lost the original book, so I bought it again a few months ago. This is a new edition with color pictures. The old one had black & white drawings. Another little difference is that they have now set the events of the plot in the year 2000. Except for that, it is exactly the same story.

Something funny about this reader is that it is not an adapted classic. The story was written on purpose for a pre-intermediate level, with 1,200 headwords and apt for a European A2 level. That said, I have to admit that it is a very good story. The protagonist is a lonely man who lost his wife 12 years ago. After her death, he realizes his bedroom is haunted, but the ghost who visits him is a playful one – at least, at the beginning. They make up a game which the protagonist must play every night before going to sleep. Nevertheless, over the passage of time, the game becomes more and more dangerous. What is the outcome of the increasing danger? That’s something you will have to find on your own.

[Muhammed · Rating 3 out of 5]

لا أذكر اسم البطل في الرواية، لكنها كانت تحمل شيئًا من الرعب، خصوصًا في الفصول الأخيرة حين بدأ المشهد يتضح من وصف البطل، وكيف أصبحت اللعبة المسلية بادئ الأمر، خطرًا مرعبًا بالنسبة له، لازلت أذكر أمرين من هذه الرواية، أولهما وصف البطل لدرجة الخوف التي بدأت تتسلل إلى داخله، خصوصًا حين قال أنه بات كالأطفال يسند ظهره إلى الجدار، موجهًا نظره صوب الباب الذي قد يحمل نبأ تعيسًا له، ،ثانيها وهو نهاية الرواية التي انتهت بـ مُلحق وكانت هذه بالنسبة لي أول تجربة قراءة للملحق الذي يكون عادة إضافة أو تكملة لما بدأه الكاتب، ولكن من شخصٍ آخر وليس الكاتب، الأمر الذي يفسر لك أن الكاتب أعاقه شيٌ ما حال بينه، وبين إتمام الكتابة، ولذا عندما غصت في أعماق " كفاحي " لهتلر، علمت أنه قطعًا سيكون هناك ملحقًا للكتاب

فكرة الرواية عجيبة، ،تصلح لأن تكون فيلمًا دراميًا لا فيلم رعب، مع أني آكاد أن أجزم بأنه تم تمثيلها .

[Aki Tanaka · Rating 4 out of 5]

*book: Penguin, level 3
*time: 11/21, 180 minutes
*summary: William Harris, lonely, ghost, chess, dangerous, 12, change
*questions:
1. William who was the main character experienced strange thing that played game with ghost. Have you ever experienced something strange?
Yes. When I was about five eyars old, on one day at night, I slept with my sister in one bed (it was the upper one of a bunk bed). I suddenly woke up and realized I was on the floor, not in the bed. There was no sound of falling, and I didn't hurt my body at all. In other words, I floated on air and fell down like a leaf!! I am not sure it was a dream...
2. Can you play chess?
No. I have never played it. It is not famous in japan, and looks like difficult.

[alma]

chapter 1
the review

I will write a review. what did I think? at first I really loved the silly writing style, and then the style got bad, but turns out it was bad all along and I just had too much fun to notice. or it became too much of the good stuff. I still think it was real that it was good in the beginning, but what do I know, maybe I was just imagining it. I liked it when I laughed at the place about the details of the bedside lamp's chord and plug and light socket, and the author William Harris told me, don't laugh at these details, they are very important for the story. so I thought, it was very fun that the author knew I was laughing, but less fun that I was told to stop. maybe, he didn't know, and only made a lucky guess. I cannot know for sure. you will think I murdered my wife, but that is not true, unless it is. what do I know. I wrote this review all in pencil without any full stops or commas. my editor had to work hard to make this review legible for you. but, this is just my imagination, since I died before any of this happened. three stars!

chapter 2
postscript

hello I'm am the editor. I found the manuscript of this review written in pencil without any full stops and or commas. I had to work very hard. when I found the manuscript there were no cats in the room (or outside of the room!) I thought the author would've liked it if I would make the review legible and put it on goodreads.com so I did

Exercises in comprehension and structure

chapter 1
complete the answers to these questions.
a) why did I write this review? because...

chapter 2
choose the correct tense of the verb.
a) the editor is the authors friend -- as you already (know/knew/have known) from the story

[Niall O'Leary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably shouldn't be rating this at all as I read it when I was a kid (probably 8 or 9), but I still remember Poldy. Indeed that was how I found the name of the book; I knew it was about a poltergeist called Poldy, involved chess, and seemed somehow not quite childish to my childish mind. Anything that has stuck with me that long (over 35 years) has to have something, right? Reading the synopsis, it came back even more vividly. It was in my class library and I have to wonder at that now. Reading all the reviews that bring it up as a teaching tool surprised me. Someone else mentioned reading it in Ireland. Was it used throughout Irish schools in the 70s? Whatever the reason, it stuck with me.
By the way it was first published in 1977, not 1986.

[Ramy · Rating 2 out of 5]

نوفيلا ...
كل شخوصها واحد مؤلف و مراته و زميله مؤلف بيجي يقعد معاه مرة كل اسبوع يلعبوا شطرنج ...
مكان الاحداث بيت المؤلف ...

قصص المكان الواحد و الشخوص القليلة المحددة دا ...انه اما يكون الموضوع مثير اوي او ممل اوي
حبكة ركيكة ...
لو البيت فيه "....." ما تبيعه و لا تسيبه و اطفش

الراجل بتبقى مراته معاه و باصص لها و مش فاهم فيها ايه ..و بيسألها مالك ؟ تقوله مفيش ...مالك ؟ مفيش ...
فما بالك لو"...." و مش شايفه ...

بصراحة معجبتنيش اوي ...

الكتاب القادم : فن التخفف

[Mosaed1990 · Rating 5 out of 5]

هذي قصة حقيقية إنها تختلف تماماً عن أي قصة أخرى والسبب في ذلك أنها قصة حقيقية جميع أحداثها واقعية وما زالت وقائعها تحدث مع راويها الذي اكتشف بعد وفاة زوجته وجود شبح ظريف ومحب للعب يعيش معه في غرفة نومه، ويلعب معه كل ليلة لعبة ظريفة فما هي هذه اللعبة؟ ومن هو هذا الشبح هل هو شبح زوجته المتوفية؟ أم هو شبح ظريف لا يمثل أحداً وإنما يحب اللعب والضحك وقبل كل شيء إسقاط الأشياء على الأرض وقذف الأشياء هنا وهناك

[Nada Gaballa · Rating 4 out of 5]

يا لها من قصه رائعه ،حتي الآن لا أعرف إن كان هذا وليم هاريس نفسه لكنها اعجبتي بغموضها ٬ظننتها حين بدأت قراءتها مثل أي قصه غامضه لها حل أو نهايه طبيعيه بل اكتشفت عكس ذلك. و لكني لا أريد أن يكون هذا وليام هاريس نفسه حيث أن شخصيته في هذه القصه متحوله و مائله للشر ٬حتي أن نهايتها غامضه.

[you ness · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inbelievebale story....what is this thriller ?????

[Iyad Barghouti · Rating 4 out of 5]

أفضل قصة أشباح على الإطلاق! بقيت فترةً طويلة أجزم أنّها حقيقية و أنّ الملحق يفسّر ما حصل للرواي الذي لم يتسنّى له كتابة النهاية بل كتب Pro لها

[Asya · Rating 4 out of 5]

قرأتها عندما كنت في المدرسة، وما زال طعم الرعب والغموض في فمي حين أتذكرها
على الرغم من أنني لا أذكر أحداثها جيدًا.. أحتاج بشدة أن أقرأها مرة أخرى.

[Hortense · Rating 5 out of 5]

This amazing

[محمد أحمد خليفة · Rating 5 out of 5]

من الروايات الأثيرة التي تعلقت بها منذ الصغر، وطالعتها مرات ومرات، وفي كل مرة أشعر بنفس القدر من الرعب والحيرة تجاه أحداثها المثيرة الغامضة. يمكنني هنا سرد أحداثها، لكنني لا أريد أن أفوت على القارىء الذي لم يطالعها من قبل فرصة الاستمتاع بكل صفحة من صفحاتها. لقد برع المؤلف "وليام هاريس" في كتابة هذه الرواية، ولست أدري حتى اليوم هل كان يتحدث عن نفسه، أم أنه اختلق هذه الأحداث الغامضة ليعطي الرواية مذاقًا من الواقعية في السرد. رواية متميزة أرشحها بقوة وهي صغيرة تنتهي في جلسة واحدة، لكن أحداثها ستطاردك في كل ليلة تأوي فيها إلى فراشك!

[Lamar Chidiac · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a children's book. Bought it online in a rush without knowing that. I thought it was about chess but it wasn't. It's about a ghost who plays a game (not a chess game) every night with the author. It started as good and fun and then turns into something bad. Kids might enjoy it but of course I found it boring 😅

[ludiary ⁺｡⋆˚⁺ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es el típico libro de que te hacen leer en las clases de inglés con final inconcluso, en el cual cada lector saca su propia conclusión. Personalmente me gustó, me atrapó, tarde 2 horitas en leerlo (aprox). Pero el final queda colgando.

[أدهم حمدي · Rating 2 out of 5]

كان النصف الأول منها مميزا وجديدا ، الأجواء التي كُتبت بها اعتقادات الكاتب تجاه صديقه الشبح بولدي واللعبة التي يلعبونها وتيمة الرعب التي تقوم على البطل الجاهل الأعمى كلها أجواء مقبضة ومرعبة بامتياز كما أنها فريدة من نوعها .. ثم تحولت لنمط معتاد ممل من الرعب المالوف

[Rachid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this story very much it's wonderful

[Foad]

I liked that. I think William have a crazy mind. So when started to read this book< I never thought I finished that but I liked and finished it.

[Terence Mungal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this book when I was in high school this really scared the s*** and it's a very short book

[Youssef Sherif · Rating 5 out of 5]

قصة جميلة من الأحداث للرسم للغموض الموتر

[val &#x1f4da;&#x1f3a7; · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me dio miedo

[Mina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ghost story about a writer living alone in his house after his wife dies. He writes about a new ghost in his bedroom. Antics unfold. I got bored after the ‘twist’ was revealed.

[Andrew Lipin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it.

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I haven't read a book in english for a while.
So it was a good choice to "unrust" my english.
The story is about a writer , William Harris and his secret.
When he lost his beloved wife, a ghost appeared in his life and started a game with him.
At first it was playful and the game was funny.
But as time went by, it became darker and more dangerous.
Who was the ghost and why it haunted William, I'll let you discover it on your own, cause the novel is only 52 pages.

[Shoichi Momiyama · Rating 5 out of 5]

-PENGUIN READERS,Level 3
-Time 5/7=10minutes 5/8=10minutes 5/10=10minutes 5/11=10minutes 5/12=10minutes 5/13=10minutes
-7-word summary:light-chess-poltergeist-friend-mind-wardrobe-sign
-Discussion question
Q:In this book, William (main character) play games with his friend, Louis and Poldy. What would you like to do with your friends as a pastime?
A:When I was a child, I almost played outside to play soccer etc. But now, I almost play inside to go to karaoke or bowling.


I really like to read mystery novels like this book, so I could enjoy reading. I thought that ghost is all scary existence, but my thinking changed after I read this story.

[Glglgl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dieses Buch ist als Englischlektüre für Anfänger gedacht (Niveau 3, "Pre-Intermediate"), am Ende befinden sich einige Fragen zum Text. Wegen des eingeschränkten Wortschatzes wäre es ungerecht, den Text etwa mit "echten" Romanen zu vergleichen. Die Geschichte ist aber recht ansprechend erzählt. Daneben ist das Büchlein nett gestaltet, es enthält einige Zeichnungen und zu Beginn jeden Kapitels die Abbildung einer Schachstellung. Anders als auch das Titelbild vermuten lassen könnte, ist das Dangerous Game aber keine Partie Schach, sonderen ein Spiel mit einem Geist. Wer einen leichten englischen Text sucht, könnte diesen mal versuchen.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this as a kid for my English classes, and it really haunted me afterwards. The language is simple, but the terror increases slowly, until the ending which was just.. Maybe too scary for my 10 year old self. Reading it again now, I realize some of the twists might have been predictable, but still... It's effective and achieves what it aimed for. I'm still fond of this quick read, and less fond of playing chess against myself now.

[Nazia Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best scary book I've read. Book written by William Harris but edited by his best friend. Book about a man for a number of years, William plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls ‘Poldy’. At the beginning William and Poldy play a friendly game every night, but then the game begins to change. It becomes a dangerous game.

[Hideyuki Takahashi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dangerous Game level3 Longman
Time 10/10 = 20min 10/11 = 20min 10/12 = 20 min
7 word summary writer - death - ghost - freind - chess - Night - everyday
Discussion question
1.Do you believe a ghost?
I do not believe a ghost, but I like horror movies.

2. What kind of board game do you like?
I like Reversi because the rule is simple.

[Keiichi Yamamoto · Rating 4 out of 5]

penguinreaders actibe reading level 4
time Desenber 4th 120 minutes
7words summary chess game friend ghost poltergeist apper plug
1 Have you ever experieced poltergeist?
No, I have not. But When I weke up, my futon is moved.lol I think this is a kind of poltergeist.lol
2 Can you play the chess?
Yes, I can! But I just know how to move the pieces, so I cannot win chess.