This is an original story about a young German girl who comes to work in London. She lives with an English family and we follow her day-to day activities. The book was written by a professional journalist and a teacher of English, Alan R. Beesley. The book was widely published in Europe and used in teaching English. However, it is now forgotten. It was also published in the USSR in 1979, I found it in my archives and decided it still preserves some of its merits and may be of interest to Englishtips users.
The Prince and the Pauper - Bookworms 2 It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king?
It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames. But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
Martin Eden, Jack London's semiautobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author's most mature work. Personifying London's own dreams of education and literary fame as a young man in San Francisco, Martin Eden's impassioned but ultimately ineffective battle to overcome his bleak circumstances makes him one of the most memorable and poignant characters Jack London ever created.
Discover how the whole family--especially the kids--can enjoy London: from scaling the ramparts of the Tower of London or clambering aboard a vintage tram at the Transport Museum, to visiting dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum or floating above the city in the London Eye.