It is the summer of 1900 and Leo is staying with his friend Marcus. Leo likes Marcus's beautiful older sister, Marian very much. He becomes a secret messenger for her and a local farmer. But when he realizes what the messages they send each other are about, he is shocked and confused.
Anglicko-česká verze, zrcadlový text hororových povídek E. Allana Poea. Pro začátečníky, vhodné jako doplněk výuky angličtiny. Maska Červené smrti Rukopis nalezený v láhvi Jáma a kyvadlo Metzengerstein Zrádné srdce Pád domu Usherů Zlatý brouk
Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby.
A young Indian girl learns the art of survival when she is stranded on an isolated Pacific island.