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The Happy Prince is the unforgettable story of the touching friendship between the golden statue of the Happy Prince and a little swallow. The enchanted garden of The Selfish Giant is the perfect place for children to play, until the Giant decides to keep it all for himself!

A selection of twelve thematically-paired stories by a wide range of authors including Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur C. Clarke, Kate Chopin, Maeve Binchy, Penelope Lively, Richard Hughes and Ed McBain. The stories are presented in six highly contemporary themes – children, love, mystery, murder, money, war – and accompanied by fascinating articles from English-language newspapers and newsmagazines. Designed to help students progress from intermediate to advanced level, this...

The Young King tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king and realises that money is not worth human suffering. In The Star Child a baby is found in the forest and discovers his true identity after many adventures. The Nightingale and the Rose is a tale of a nightingale who sacrifices her life to create the perfect red rose for a student in love.

Oscar Wilde’s wonderfully satirical yet comical account of an American family living in England, has lent itself beautifully to adaptation in this book. Young children easily relate to the Otis twins, as they endeavour to frighten the Canterville Ghost. Children also become acquainted with a renowned Irish author, discover something about two different cultures, and learn English at the same time.

This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890s London. It is the world of the aristocrat and the dandy – and it is also the world of shabby political and financial intrigue. Oscar Wilde’s play combines farce, verbal wit and satire in this gripping comedy. The play also contains an argument on the nature of love, and the need for women to forgive rather than idealise their husbands.

Art contrasted with Nature, and outer ugliness with inner beauty, are just two of the themes featured in this collection of six tales, including The Canterville Ghost, The Remarkable Rocket, and – for all those who ‘have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy’ – The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.

The publication in 1890 of Wilde’s only novel led to a furious public debate over art and morality. Dorian Gray’s double life in elegant high society and in London’s most degraded slums express the essence of aestheticism and fin de siècle decadence and shows up the hypocrisies of Victorian society.

Acknowledged as Wilde’s most perfect comedy, brilliant and subversive, The Importance of Being Earnest has even been considered to anticipate the ‘drama of the absurd’ of the twentieth century. Guided activities and introduction help the student to appreciate this masterpiece.

When the beautiful young Dorian Gray sees his portrait, he understands that it will remain beautiful forever and that he will grow old. He makes a wish that will change not only his looks but also his soul. As he lives a life of pleasure and sin, the portrait shows the signs of his corruption.

Why is the Happy Prince sad? How can a little swallow help him? Find out how kindness and true friendship can change the lives of the people in the Prince’s city. Why is it always winter in the Giant’s garden? Why can’t the children play there? Find out what happens when the Selfish Giant becomes generous and invites the children to his garden.

The Ghost of Sir Simon has haunted Canterville Chase for hundreds of years and scared away everyone who has lived there. But when an American millionaire buys the house for his family home, the Ghost is in for a shock! There are activities and illustrations to enhance the pleasure of reading and to allow readers to express their own feeling about the story....

A rich American family decides to buy a haunted house in England. They certainly don’t believe in ghosts until they meet Sir Simon – the 300- year old ghost with a frightening reputation, who takes his job very seriously. All kinds of bizarre things happen at Canterville Chase, until young Virginia meets Sir Simon…

When Mr Hiram B. Otis, who has just arrived from the United States with his family, decides to buy the Canterville estate, everyone considers him a fool because the house is famously owned by a ghost. Concrete and rational, the Otis refuse to believe all those stories of evil presences until very unusual events begin to happen in a crescendo that leads to the journey to the Garden of Death. A special script included in the book will allow students to dramatize the story....