"The Three Strangers and Other Stories: Intermediate Level (Heinemann Guided Readers)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435271482 ISBN 13: 9780435271480

Publisher: MACMILLAN ELT

On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night...In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy...

About the Author:

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one of England's greatest novelists. Most of his work is set in his native Dorset, on the south coast of England. Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas. She is now a freelance author, teacher and oral examiner, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning.