American Horror. Five Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

English Graded Reader (Easy Reader): American Horror. Five Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Adapted by Kenneth Brodey

English Graded Reader (Easy Reader), 112 page fully-illustrated book+ audio CD. Level B1(Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible English containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms. The audio CD contains both a complete reading of the text by a professional narrator and a set of pronunciation exercises. The combined package of book and CD work brilliantly together to create a wonderful, captivating learning resource for beginners of English.

English Graded Reader (Easy Reader): American Horror. Five Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allan Poe - Summary:

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the first masters of modern short stories and modernist poetry. But he is best remembered for his strange style of horror, with characters who cannot be forgotten. A man who drains away his wife’s life to make his painting seem alive; an animal lover who becomes obsessed by a cat; a young man obsessed by an old man’s blue eye; and a man hypnotized just before he dies who then…

Dossiers:

Poe’s scientific imagination

Poe as pop icon

Poe’s America

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