Anthology of short stories and extracts from important works by some of the most important authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection helps students improve their all-round linguistic competence and, through a wide range of activities, introduces them to the concepts of literary analysis. Each chapter also includes a chronology of the author’s life and a synoptic table to enable contextualization of what is read. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights. R.L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Oscar Wilde, The Model Millionaire. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness. James Joyce, Eveline, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Virginia Woolf, Orlando. George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four