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Taste and Other Tales

Simplified retellings of dark adult-themed Dahl stories for language learners; includes comprehension exercises and author introduction.

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Series Title

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Call Number

Story 88

Publisher

Harlow, Essex, England (Pearso : Pearson Education / Penguin Readers (Longman Fiction in UK)., 1979

Collation

v, 104 pages; approximately 20 cm tall, audiobooks often combined with 3–4 CDs

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-582-08478-4

Classification

Story

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

First Edition

Subject(s)

Roald Dahl; short stories; adult fiction; English

Specific Detail Info

Pages: ~104 pages (text ~ v, 104 pp; archive record says 118 pages including front matter) Reading level / vocabulary: Simplified to within a 2,000‑word defining vocabulary, with vocabulary support and exercises at the back. Contents: Eight adult short stories including “Taste”, “A Swim”, “Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”, “The Way Up to Heaven”, “The Sound Machine”, “The Leg of Lamb”, “Birth and Fate”, and “Poison”

Statement of Responsibility

Original stories by Roald Dahl, retold or adapted by Michael Caldon, with series editorship by Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter (Penguin Readers / Pearson Education)

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