Four Continents

Description

The long history of British colonisation around the world has led to the establishment of the English language as a medium of communication - including literature - on four continents outside Europe. The stories in this volume represent a wide range of cultures,offering a fascinating insight into the mentality and the way of life of English - speaking Africans, Australians, Canadians, Indians, New Zealanders and West Indians, as well as a rich variety of modes of expressions. - Full biographical and critical introduction - Variety of questions and activities to enable students to make an in-depth analytical study of the book - Numerous footnotes to the text, with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words - Recording of selected extracts from the text