Presents an adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a scientist creates a monster that tries to learn about humanity and eventually resents his creator, and includes reader review questions.
An adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel in which a young Union soldier matures to manhood during his service in the Civil War and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about battle. Includes review questions for students.
Presents an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost.
Presents adaptations of a selection of stories and poems by nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe, grouped under the categories of mystery, horror and fear, psychological, and humorous.
An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two young people from noble Veronese houses whose love for one another is doomed by the long-standing feud between their families.
An adaptation of Upton Sinclair's classic in which a young Lithuanian immigrant, hoping to create a good life for himself and his family in the early 1900s, is discouraged by the shocking conditions he encounters as a worker in the Chicago stockyards. Includes reviews questions.
An adapted version of the autobiography of Frederick Douglass in which the abolitionist tells the story of his life and his journey from slavery to freedom.
Presents the text, shortened and edited for meaning, of the drama in which Macbeth and his ambitious wife plot to kill their king and his heirs in order that Macbeth may seize the crown of Scotland.
Contains an adaptation of the autobiography of Helen Keller in which she tells of her early life, her relationship with her teacher Anne Sullivan, and her struggles to triumph over blindness and deafness; and includes selected letters.
An abridgement of the novel, set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, that recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.
