Stories

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    A ghost's guide to London

    Our cinematic listening series.

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    Owl Hall

    Owl Hall, by Robert Campbell and Lindsay Clandfield, is a gripping teenage mystery story told in thirteen spooky parts.

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    The Road Less Travelled

    Meet Katie as she makes a new start in Caifornia from the UK.

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    Young learner topics: Beginning, middle and end

    An activity about the structure of well-known stories, available at three different difficulty levels.

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    Sherlock: The Second Stain

    In the final chapters, Holmes visits Hope’s house and the scene of the crime.

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    Sherlock: The Norwood Builder

    In Chapter 1, McFarlane bursts into Holmes’s apartment on Baker Street and begs him for help. The police are chasing him but he has just enough time to pique Holmes’s interest before Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, rushes in.

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    The Prince and the Pauper

    An audio serialization of the elementary-level Macmillan Reader, The Prince and the Pauper, is told in sixteen chapters. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive lesson plan written by Adrian Tennant, including teacher’s notes, with suggestions for extension activities, plus student worksheets and a full transcript and glossary. 

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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Oscar Wilde’s most popular play, which opened in 1895 to great success and has appeared regularly in theatres around the world ever since, has also been made into a film several times, most recently starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. Now Macmillan has made it accessible to learners of upper ...

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    A Time to Travel

    A Time to Travel is an audio adventure by Luke and James Vyner. Follow Amber and Naz as they time-travel through history.

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    Second Best

    This advanced-level story, by D H Lawrence, is set in the British countryside in the early 1900s. It is about a young woman who is looking for love after a disappointing affair. It is told in two parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by Daniel ...

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    The Tell-tale Heart

    This advanced-level story, by Edgar Allan Poe, was first published in 1843. In it, a cold-blooded killer explains how he prepared what he believes is the perfect murder of the old man he lived with. The story is told in two parts;each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan ...

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    Bliss

    This advanced-level story, by Katherine Mansfield, is set in London in the early 1900s. It is about a woman called Bertha who is overcome with happiness because she has everything – but all is not as it seems. It is told in four parts; each part contains audio and an ...

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    Macmillan Readers: The Secret Garden

    An audio serialization of the pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader, The Secret Garden, in twelve chapters. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive lesson plan and teacher’s notes. 

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    An audio serialization of the beginner-level Macmillan Reader, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , with accompanying listening activities and transcripts.

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    Summer stories

    In this speaking lesson by Lindsay Clandfield, students prepare and tell each other an anecdote relating to the summer.