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Frank and his men were in the tunnel. The train slowed down and stopped.
Frank quickly climbed up. He opened the lock on the door of the guard’s van. He threw down the bags of money.
‘Move quickly,’ he said to his men. “We haven’t much time.’
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Sherlock Holmes is an extriordinary man, and for a number of years I have been this extraordinary man’s assistant. I have worked with him on many cases, and I have always written about these cases when we have finished our investigations.
From time to time, I publish these records, and this book contains four of them.
Why does an old builder leave all his money to a young lawyer?
Who gives a government document to enemy spies? How is a young man tricked into taking a new job? What can a foreign king do when a beautiful woman from his past appears?
Who can answer all these questions? Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson, of course, in these four short stories about the famous detective.
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Tom needed help. So did Masters. At first everything went well.
But why had Tom left home? What did Masters do exactly? And who was the girl called Shirley?
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The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville is a ghost. He has lived in his house for hundreds of years. His job is to terrify the people who stay there. Then Mr Otis, an American, buys the house. And the ghost is angry – he cannot frighten the Otis family.
The Model Millionaire
Hughie Erskine loves Laura Merton. But Hughie is poor and he cannot marry her. Then one day he meets a beggar and all his wishes come true.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Mr Podgers can read people’s hands. Mr Podgers reads Lord Arthur Savile’s hand at a party. What will Lord Arthur’s future be?
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Maugham takes us from England to France, to Chicago and to the beautiful island of Tahiti.
Roger Charing is engaged to marry Ruth, but he changes his mind. We read how he makes his clever Escape.
Many men fali in love with Louise. But she is selfish and uses her poor health to live as she pleases.
In The Ant and the Grasshopper, George and Tom are brothers. One works hard and is unhappy. The other is lazy but enjoys his life.
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The robber is waking up,’ a voice says.
There are lots of police in the bank. There is a policewoman in front of me. I’m lying on the floor near the empty safe. My hands are tied with rope.
‘I’m not a robber,’ I say. I’m a private detective.’ But next morning the newspapers say:
SAMUEL ARRESTED. IS PRIVATE DETECTIVE A BANK ROBBER?
RAIDERS ESCAPE. PRIVATE DETECTIVE LOSES HIS JOB.
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Sleepy Hollow
“The horseman’s head still lies somewhere on the battlefield,” the people of Sleepy Hollow said. “Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it.”
One dark night, Ichabod Crane-the village schoolmaster-saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle did not like working on his farm and his wife was always angry with him. He wanted to forget his troubles for a day. So he took his dog and his gun and he walked up into the Catskill Mountains.
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1861 – Massachusetts, North America. There is a civil war.
This is the story of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March.
The March girls live with their mother in a small house in a small town. Their father is away. He is with the Union Army.
Laurie Laurence lives in a big house with his grandfather. Laurie is the March girls’ neighbour.
And he is their best friend.
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Rebecca and Sue like skiing. The sun’s shining.
There’s lots of snow. They are good skiers.
But Mark and David are good skiers too. And there is going to be a race.
Who is going to win?
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