{"product_id":"penguin-readers-level-3-ghost-stories-elt-graded-reader-m-r-james","title":"Penguin Readers Level 3: Ghost Stories (ELT Graded Reader) (M. R. James)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenguin Readers\u003c\/b\u003e is an \u003cb\u003eELT graded reader\u003c\/b\u003e series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and \u003cb\u003elanguage learning exercises\u003c\/b\u003e, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to \u003cb\u003ebestselling authors and compelling content\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (\u003cb\u003eCEFR\u003c\/b\u003e). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhost Stories, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA strange whistle, a dangerous curse, a buried crown and a hotel without a room 13.  Don't read these four frightening ghost stories by M.R. James late at night!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisit the Penguin Readers website\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. R. James, the bookish and precocious son of a curate, was born in Kent in 1862. He studied at Cambridge and remained there for most of his life, becoming Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Provost of King's College and later Vice-Chancellor of the university.  A brilliant scholar, he translated the New Testament apocrypha and catalogued many of the university's medieval manuscripts. His first story collection, based on stories he read aloud to friends on Christmas Eve, was published in 1904 as \u003ci\u003eGhost Stories of an Antiquary\u003c\/i\u003e and was followed by three more. He died in 1936.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMontague Rhodes James was born on 1 August 1862 near Bury St Edmunds, though he spent long periods of his later life in Suffolk, which provided the setting for many of his ghost stories. He studied at Eton and Kings College, Cambridge, where he was eventually elected Fellow, and then made Provost in 1905. In 1918 he became Provost of Eton. He was a renowed medievalist and biblical scholar, and published works on palaeography, antiquarianism, bibliography and history, guides to Suffolk and Norfolk, as well as editing a collection of ghost stories by Sheridan Le Fanu. However, he remains best known for his own ghost stories, which were published in several collections including \u003ci\u003eGhost Stories of an Antiquary\u003c\/i\u003e (1904), \u003ci\u003eA Thin Ghost and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(1919), \u003ci\u003eA Warning to the Curious\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) and a collected edition in 1931. M. R. James never married and died on 12 June 1936.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 80 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65804294717789,"sku":"K092247152","price":8.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9224715200001A.jpg?v=1788461445","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/penguin-readers-level-3-ghost-stories-elt-graded-reader-m-r-james","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}