Anthology of short stories and extracts from important works by some of the most important authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection helps students improve their all-round linguistic competence and, through a wide range of activities, introduces them to the concepts of literary analysis. Each chapter also includes a chronology of the author’s life and a synoptic table to enable contextualization of what is read.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

R.L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Oscar Wilde, The Model Millionaire

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

James Joyce, Eveline, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Virginia Woolf, Orlando

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four