One thousand dollars and other plays / O. Henry ; retold by John Escott ; [illustrated by: Susan Scott].
By: Escott, John [author.].
Contributor(s): Scott, Susan [illustrator.].
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TextSeries: Oxford bookworms library. Playscripts, stage 2.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Simplified edition.Description: 56 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780194235204; 0194235203.Subject(s): Henry, O., 1862-1910 -- Adaptations | Henry, O., 1862-1910 | Money -- Drama | Readers -- Drama | Love -- Drama | Love | Money | ReadersGenre/Form: Readers for new literates. | High interest-low vocabulary books. | Love stories. | Readers (Adult) | Adaptations. | Drama. | High interest-low vocabulary books. | Readers. | Readers (Adult) | Romance fiction. | Drama. | Adaptations.DDC classification: 428.6 ESC | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Originally published in Oxford bookworms in 2000.
Statement of responsibility partially from verso.
Includes glossary (pages 39-40) and reading activities (pages 42-49).
All that money can buy -- One thousand dollars -- A night out -- Two loaves of bread.
These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller, O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.
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