47 Ronin - Stage 1

Klappentext "The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading. Vorwort When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Zusammenfassung Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the forty-seven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013.CEFR A1/A2Word count 6,079

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Bassett, Bassett Jennifer
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2014
• EAN: 9780194786126
• ISBN: 978-0-19-478612-6
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 1 (400 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 1 (700 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 1 (400 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms Library; Oxford Bookworms 3E
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > German; Englisch; Lektüre, English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers, Language readers