J. Y. K. Kerr Boeken

Abridged version

Stream of consciousness novel has events taking place in a single day, as Clarissa prepares for a party she is giving. An adaptation of a novel first published in 1925. Suitable for adult literacy learners of English as a second language.

When an honest clergyman finds himself charged with financial impropriety by a Fleet Street tabloid, scandal, pathos, and humor result. Features an amusing narrative and cast, realistic dialogue, and a lively plot.

A sensitive and moving portrait of life and manners in an English country village during the 1830s, Cranford recounts the events and activities in the lives of a group of spinsters and widows.

Sherlock Holmes, the famous English detective finds answers to the questions leading to solving the murder of Charles McCarthy.

[Penguin Readers Level 6]When Loona Bimberton pulls off a coup with her celebrated 'Algerian aviator', Mrs Packletide feels compelled to respond.

The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

Miranda Hilliard and her husband Daniel are divorced, but he doesn't see their children very often. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work for Miranda as a nanny, but she seems to behave much more like a man than a woman.

[ Penguin Readers Level 2 ] Classic / British English There are three exciting short stories in this book. They are all about ... fear! Three people are in dangerous places. What can they do? Will anybody help them?