by Charles Kingsley · Prentice Hall Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582534650
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«Hereward the Wake» is the historical novel by Charles Kingsley in adapted form, published by Prentice Hall Press in paperback (105 pages, in English).
The story recreates the figure of the Anglo-Saxon chieftain Hereward, who in the 11th century led resistance against the Norman conquest of England and was declared an outlaw. Kingsley combines historical facts and legends to present his deeds with a romantic tone.
The work was originally published in 1865. This 1968 edition is from the New Method Supplementary Readers series, level 3, adapted by Sheila Enderle and Michael West, with illustrations by Eric Kyte.
Intended for English learners seeking a first approach to the classics in simplified form.
Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. A broad church priest of the Church of England, he is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He is known for his novels Yeast (1848), Alton Locke (1850), Hypatia (1853), Westward Ho! (1855), The Water-Babies (1863), and Hereward the Wake (1866).
