Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Life in the small English town of Cranford seems very quiet and peaceful. The ladies of Cranford lead tidy, regular lives. They make their visits between the hours of twelve and three, give little evening parties, and worry about their maid-servants. But life is not always smooth - there are little arguments and jealousies, sudden deaths and u

Perili Ev Charles Dickens’ın yönettiği All the Year Round dergisinin 1859 Noel Özel sayısında bulunan sekiz öyküden oluşur. Dickens’ın bu dergide yayımlanmış öykü derlemeleri arasında en popüleridir. Her öykü “perili ev”in bir odasına musallat olan bir hayaleti konu alır. Üçü Dickens tarafından yazılan öykülerin geri kalanı Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins ve Elizabeth Gaskell imzasını taşıyor.*Evdeki Ölümlüler *Saatli Odadaki Hayalet *Çift Odanın Hayaleti *Resimli

Perili Ev Charles Dickens’ın yönettiği All the Year Round dergisinin 1859 Noel Özel sayısında bulunan sekiz öyküden oluşur. Dickens’ın bu dergide yayımlanmış öykü derlemeleri arasında en popüleridir. Her öykü “perili ev”in bir odasına musallat olan bir hayaleti konu alır. Üçü Dickens tarafından yazılan öykülerin geri kalanı Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins ve Elizabeth Gaskell imzasını taşıyor.*Evdeki Ölümlüler *Saatli Odadaki Hayalet *Çift Odanın Hayaleti *Resimli

The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?' Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. It shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship wit

Margaret Hale, babası Kilise’yle ters düşüp görevinden ayrılınca, ailesiyle birlikte güneydeki rahat evlerini geride bırakıp İngiltere'nin kuzeyindeki Milton’a taşınır. Memleketine taban tabana zıt bu sanayi kasabasında mutsuz bir hayata başlayan Margaret zamanla fabrika işçilerinin yoksulluğuna ve ıstırabına tanık oldukça içinde tutkulu bir sosyal adalet duygusu gelişir. Kendi çabalarıyla zengin olup sınıf atlamış fabrikatör John Thornton’ın çalışanlarına muamelelerini sert bir şekilde eleştirir ama onun ı

Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's early death, she was raised by an aunt who lived in Knutsford in Cheshire. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, also a Unitarian minister, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester. Motherhood and the obligations of a minister's wife kept her busy. However, the death of her only son inspired her to write her first novel, 'Mary Barton', which was published anonymously in 1848 It

Margaret went along the walk under the pear-tree wall. She had never been along it since she paced it at Henry Lennox's side. Here, at this bed of thyme, he began to speak of what she must not think of now. Her eyes were on that late- blowing rose as she was trying to answer; and she had caught the idea of the vivid beauty of the feathery leaves of the carrots in the very middle of his last sentence. Only a fortnight ago! And all so changed! Where was he now? In London, going through the old round; dining w

Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother´s early death, she was raised by an aunt who lived in Knutsford in Cheshire. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, also a Unitarian minister, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester. Motherhood and the obligations of a minister´s wife kept her busy. However, the death of her only son inspired her to write her first novel, ´Mary Barton´, which was published anonymously in 1848. It

Taciser Belge, Fatih Özgüven çevirisi, Barış Özkul'un önsözü ve Audrey Jaffe'nin sonsözüyle, Yazar ve dönem kronolojisiyle, Kitaba dair görsellerle. Cranford, 19. yüzyıl İngiliz edebiyatının dev yazarı Elizabeth Gaskell'ın İngiliz taşrasına kadınlar arasındaki dostluklar üzerinden bakan başyapıtı. Cranford'da Gaskell, bekâr ve orta yaşlı iki kadının, Miss Deborah ve Miss Matty'nin serüvenleri üzerinden taşra yaşamına dair minimalist portreler sunuyor. Kadınlar arasındaki arkadaşlıklar ve alışkanlıkların dek

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.' When Margaret Hale is uprooted from Hampshire and moves to the industrial town of Milton in the North of England, her whole world changes. As her sympathy for the town's mill workers grows, her sense of social injustice piques and she passionately fights their corner. However, just as she disputes the mill owner, John Thornton's treatment