| Title : | The Canterville ghost : Pre-Intermediate Oxford Bookworms Reader | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Oscar Wilde, Author ; John Escott, Author | | Publisher: | Oxford : Oxford University Press | | Publication Date: | 2008 | | Series: | Oxford bookworms library No. Stage 2. | | Pagination: | 56 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 20 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-479053-6 | | Class number: | 428.6 | | Abstract: | A novella by Irish author Oscar Wilde, published in 1857. There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville's family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost - because of course Americans don't believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don't frighten easily - especially not two noisy little boys - and the poor ghost has a few surprises waiting for him. | | Contents note: | Oxford Bookworms are retold, abridged and adapted versions of popular classic and contemporary titles, published at a variety of different language levels for all learners of English. This book is for Pre-Intermediate level learners. Includes glossary, reading activities and information about the author. |
The Canterville ghost : Pre-Intermediate Oxford Bookworms Reader [printed text] / Oscar Wilde, Author ; John Escott, Author . - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008 . - 56 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - ( Oxford bookworms library; Stage 2.) . ISBN : 978-0-19-479053-6 | Class number: | 428.6 | | Abstract: | A novella by Irish author Oscar Wilde, published in 1857. There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville's family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost - because of course Americans don't believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don't frighten easily - especially not two noisy little boys - and the poor ghost has a few surprises waiting for him. | | Contents note: | Oxford Bookworms are retold, abridged and adapted versions of popular classic and contemporary titles, published at a variety of different language levels for all learners of English. This book is for Pre-Intermediate level learners. Includes glossary, reading activities and information about the author. |
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