by John Meade Falkner · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582088986
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«Moonfleet» is the adapted edition of John Meade Falkner's adventure novel, published by Longman in paperback (48 pages, in English).
Set on the Dorset coast, it tells how young John Trenchard becomes obsessed with the legend of a hidden treasure and ends up mixed up with local smugglers. Among cliffs, caves and chases, the plot weaves mystery with the friendship between John and the surly Elzevir Block.
Longman Picture Classics collection, with text simplified and abridged by D. K. Swan. The original story was published in 1898; this edition uses a 500-word vocabulary from Stage 1 of Longman Classics.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language and young readers who want to approach a classic in a very simple version.
John Meade Falkner was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel Moonfleet. An extremely successful businessman, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth during World War I.
