This book contains an adapted text of the famous novel "North and South" by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. A fascinating story of true love is shown against the background of the confrontation between the North and South of England in the late nineteenth century. The events take place in the northern city of Milton, where the Hale family is moving from southern Helston. Successful industrialist John Thornton becomes a student of Mr. Hale, who, having renounced the priesthood, works as a teacher. Thornton meets Margaret Hale, who impresses him with her kindness, dignity and willpower.
The Kiss - Love Stories from North America - Bookworms 3
Love stories with a difference... There's a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there's a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There's a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there's a girl who meets a boy...
Life is hard and dangerous for both people and animals in the frozen Canadian North. For a wolf like White Fang it is a continuous fight to find food - a fight in which many animals die. When White Fang meets the people of the North - first Indians and then White Men - he learns to live with them like a dog.
When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. Their quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North where a team of scientists are conducting unspeakably horrible experiments. But something more perilous awaits Lyra.
