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Escott, John.

One thousand dollars : and other plays / O. Henry ; retold by John Escott. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 56 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Playscripts, stage 2 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 2. Playscripts. .

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.



ISBN: 9780194235204

LCCN: 2017279447

Subjects--Personal Names:
Henry, O., 1862-1910 --Adaptations.
Henry, O., 1862-1910.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Money--Drama.
Readers--Drama.
Love--Drama.
Love
Money.
Readers.

Index Terms--Genre/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.

LC Class. No.: PE1126.A4 / E83742 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 428.6 E74o 2008