Author: Henry James
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580491618
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader more fully appreciate the rich complexity of James' language, images, and symbols.Before there was Alfred Hitchcock, there was Henry James, and before Psycho, there was The Turn of the Screw.Why is the young governess the only one who can see the ghosts?Are her young charges haunted or evil?Or is the governess herself mad?The book that claims to start out as a Christmas Eve ghost story quickly becomes a tale of psychological horror as the governess struggles-and ultimately fails-to protect the children from the "corruption" that only she can conceive of...but cannot name.Richly wrought in Late-Victorian prose, Henry James' most famous novel is both hauntingly beautiful and a shocking glimpse into the ultimate source of evil...the human mind.
The Turn of the Screw - Literary Touchstone Classic
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580491618
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader more fully appreciate the rich complexity of James' language, images, and symbols.Before there was Alfred Hitchcock, there was Henry James, and before Psycho, there was The Turn of the Screw.Why is the young governess the only one who can see the ghosts?Are her young charges haunted or evil?Or is the governess herself mad?The book that claims to start out as a Christmas Eve ghost story quickly becomes a tale of psychological horror as the governess struggles-and ultimately fails-to protect the children from the "corruption" that only she can conceive of...but cannot name.Richly wrought in Late-Victorian prose, Henry James' most famous novel is both hauntingly beautiful and a shocking glimpse into the ultimate source of evil...the human mind.
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580491618
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader more fully appreciate the rich complexity of James' language, images, and symbols.Before there was Alfred Hitchcock, there was Henry James, and before Psycho, there was The Turn of the Screw.Why is the young governess the only one who can see the ghosts?Are her young charges haunted or evil?Or is the governess herself mad?The book that claims to start out as a Christmas Eve ghost story quickly becomes a tale of psychological horror as the governess struggles-and ultimately fails-to protect the children from the "corruption" that only she can conceive of...but cannot name.Richly wrought in Late-Victorian prose, Henry James' most famous novel is both hauntingly beautiful and a shocking glimpse into the ultimate source of evil...the human mind.
Prince and the Pauper, The: Literary Touchstone Classic
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580496725
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580496725
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
Everyman: Literary Touchstone Classic
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580498507
Category : Bible plays, English
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580498507
Category : Bible plays, English
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Classic American Short Stories - Literary Touchstone Classic
Author:
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580493351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580493351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The taming of the shrew. The merchant of Venice. The merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. As you like it
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A: Literary Touchstone Classic
Author: James Joyce
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580495745
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus: significant memories from infancy, schooldays, family life, his first taste of sin, guilt, repentance-- and his passage to freedom as he elects to leave Ireland forever.
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580495745
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus: significant memories from infancy, schooldays, family life, his first taste of sin, guilt, repentance-- and his passage to freedom as he elects to leave Ireland forever.
The ILiad - Literary Touchstoen Classic
Author: Homer
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580496709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1580496709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Pygmalion
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 9781580493994
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition? includes a glossary and reader?s notes to help the modern reader appreciate Shaw?s wit and cynicism.In this delightful romance about the man too self-centered to fall in love and the woman too unsure of herself to want more out of life than the little she already has, George Bernard Shaw shakes the dust off the Cinderella story and tells it as only he can. Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who wants to work in a flower shop, and Henry Higgins, the phoneticist who turns her into a "princess," are no mythological knight and maiden. Instead, even today, they resound with sharp humor and cutting dialogue. Originally published in 1914, Pygmalion invites readers and audience members to examine the roots of social prejudice and the true value of a human being, while also involving them in the improbable lives of Shaw?s one-dimensional, yet endearing characters.
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 9781580493994
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition? includes a glossary and reader?s notes to help the modern reader appreciate Shaw?s wit and cynicism.In this delightful romance about the man too self-centered to fall in love and the woman too unsure of herself to want more out of life than the little she already has, George Bernard Shaw shakes the dust off the Cinderella story and tells it as only he can. Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who wants to work in a flower shop, and Henry Higgins, the phoneticist who turns her into a "princess," are no mythological knight and maiden. Instead, even today, they resound with sharp humor and cutting dialogue. Originally published in 1914, Pygmalion invites readers and audience members to examine the roots of social prejudice and the true value of a human being, while also involving them in the improbable lives of Shaw?s one-dimensional, yet endearing characters.
Poetry: Cooperative Learning Unit
Author:
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 9781580491099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 9781580491099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Awakening, The: SAT Words From Literature
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 158049868X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
SAT Words from Literature presents a new approach to scoring high on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Rather than taking words directly from a dictionary and studying them, SAT Words from Literature presents vocabulary words that are found in classic literature in their original context. In this way, you will get a clear understanding of what the word can do in a sentence, what it might mean, and how it is used. Each vocabulary word is highlighted in the text and also reproduced in bold on the facing page, followed by the part of speech as it is used in the book, the pronunciation, an appropriate definition, and a synonym or antonym if applicable. Exercises that test your understanding of the vocabulary words are included at the end of the book. To make the exercises more manageable, words are arranged by chapters, or sections, so that there are not too many words in any one group. With this painless approach to learning vocabulary, you can boost your chances of acing the SAT.
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 158049868X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
SAT Words from Literature presents a new approach to scoring high on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Rather than taking words directly from a dictionary and studying them, SAT Words from Literature presents vocabulary words that are found in classic literature in their original context. In this way, you will get a clear understanding of what the word can do in a sentence, what it might mean, and how it is used. Each vocabulary word is highlighted in the text and also reproduced in bold on the facing page, followed by the part of speech as it is used in the book, the pronunciation, an appropriate definition, and a synonym or antonym if applicable. Exercises that test your understanding of the vocabulary words are included at the end of the book. To make the exercises more manageable, words are arranged by chapters, or sections, so that there are not too many words in any one group. With this painless approach to learning vocabulary, you can boost your chances of acing the SAT.