Macmillan Readers Literature Collections American Stories Advanced

By (author) Thompson Lesley; By (author) Jones, Ceri
Short description/annotation:
American Stories by Macmillan Literature Collections explores a variety of stories by some of America’s finest writers. It brings together six stories which explore the development of the American short story over the past century - from a fierce critique of modern suburban family life to isolation and lost love in the deep mid-west.
Description:
American Stories by Macmillan Literature Collections explores a variety of stories by some of America''s finest writers. It brings together six stories which explore the development of the American short story over the past century - from a fierce critique of modern suburban family life to isolation and lost love in the deep mid-west.
Biographical note:
O Henry Theodore Dreiser F Scott Fitzgerald Dorothy Parker Patricia Highsmith Edith Wharton Edited by Lesley Thompson and Ceri Jones.
Description for collection:
This series contains original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary; description of major themes; pre-reading vocabulary activities; post-reading language and comprehension exercises; a literary analysis section and essay questions. The Macmillan Literature Collections are aimed at Advanced readers and will help ease students’ transition from graded Readers to authentic reading, giving them the joy of feeling that they are finally reading and studying literature just as it was written.