British and American Short Stories
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Penguin Readers, 2008. — 80 pages.Introduction. Silas The Good by H. E. Bates. Mabel by W. Somerset Maugham. The Barber's Uncle by William Saroyan. The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence. Springtime on the Menu by O. Henry. The Open Window by H. H. Munro (Saki). The Income-Tax Man by Mark Twain. The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford. My Bank Account by Stephen Leacock. Activities. Word List.These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. There’s the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird making a nest in his hair! And there’s the man who tries to catch a ghost. Some of the stories are very funny and others are quite frightening. Many have a twist at the end!
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