The life of an American slave
- 48 Seiten
- 2 Lesestunden





Englische Lektüre für das 3. und 4. Lernjahr. Gekürzt, mit Annotationen und Aufgaben
Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
Humour: The well-known story about an American family who moves into an old English castle. We follow the trag-comic complications between a poor ghost and the modern American family.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by W. W. Robson The Hound ofthe Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given,a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor hold many secrets for Holmes and Watson to unravel. The detective is contemptuous of supernatural manifestations, but the reader will remain perpetually haunted by the hound from the moor.
Wien 1945. Russen, Amerikaner, Franzosen und Briten haben die Stadt gemeinsam besetzt. Vor dem Hintergrund der Ruinen blühen die dunklen Geschäfte. Rollo Martins, der Jugendfreund von Harry Lime, steht vor einem Rätsel. War Harry der skrupellose Kopf einer Schieberbande?