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Lorna must marry Sir John Ridd, (p. 60)    The Doones were terrible people! They were a family of robbers and murderers. They robbed a lot of things from neighbors and they killed many neighbors.   John Ridd was a farmer. His father was killed by the Doones. First, the Doones tried to rob all of their money.  But, John's father was a brave person. So, he fought against the Doones. He killed some robbers. However, One of the Doones shot him. Then, John's father died. To know the truth, John decided to kill the person who killed his father, Carver Doone.    One day, John came across a beautiful girl, Lorna Doone. They fell in love each other. John wanted to marry her. But, Lorna had to get married Carver Doone. Actually, Lorna wasn't one of the Doones and she was a stolen girl from a rich family. She was Lady Lorna Dugal!     After many years, they still loved each other. One day, John and his neighbors decided to fight against the Doones. After the fight, Almost

Now we can go back to the cottage and begin our holiday. (p. 31)    Three university students, Paul, Sheila and Charles were friends. They were planning to cottage of Paul's uncle in Wales after finishing the exam.    In summer vacation, Paul went to the cottege first. A few weeks later, other two students visited there. The cottage is little far from where they live.  So, they had to take a train to get there. After getting off the train, they had to walk to the cottage.    After a few hours walking, they arrived the cottage. But, there's something wrong. All the curtains were closed. After a while, someone unlocked the door and the door slowly opened. But, it wasn't Paul. It was a stranger.    Actually, the stranger was one of robbers. And, Paul was a prisoner. He was tied up tighty. First, Sheila and Charles helped Paul. And then, they tried to catch the robbers. The robbers were robbing in the long tunnel of trains. But, Sheila and Charles put heavy rocks at the to

The phone call was from Hawaii! I'm leaving town! (p. 31)       Lenny Samuel is a private detective in L.A. - Los Angeles. One day, he went to the First City Bank on Sunset Boulevard to receive reward for his work, $5,000. But, he suddenly came across a person with a duck mask on. The person was a robber.    Then, the owner of the bank asked Lenny for resolving the robbery. Actually, five raids in other First City Banks occured in a week. the robberies are occured by same person, a person with a duck mask on! But, the way to occur the robberies are different.    One day, Lenny faced a robbery occured by a person with a duck mask on. But, he let the robber escape and he was mistaken Lenny for a robber. So, he had no job in L.A.    But one day, robbers visited the office of Lenny. Actually, the owner was robbing his own bank! Then, the owner was arrested and Lenny was a detective again.    I feel relieved to know that Lenny returned the job of detective. Philip, Prowse. (200

We will always love each other. (p. 62)    The time of this story is 1862 to 1863 - time of American Civil War. Many American fought each other, and many of them died.    March family was a poor family. But they helped poor families. Laurence family was a neighbor of March family. Laurence family is a rich family. So, they helped March family.    Laurie Laurence, the grandson of Mr Laurence, the owner of the Laurence house, and March four sisters had a great relationship. They were good friends.And they helped each other.    One day, the father of March sisters who worked in Washington, where is many miles away from the sisters lived, became ill. So, Mrs March and Laurie's friend go to Washington to take care of him.    Then, one of the sisters became ill, too. Although the sisters took care of her desperately, her condition became worse and worse.    But finally, she became better and better, and their father returned their home. And, they lived happily.    I was

'I will not be your wife.' (p. 25)    The time of this story is 1757. This is when armies from England and France were fighting in North America. Both countries wanted the land. And Indian tribes were fighting for each army. Hurons were with the French army. Mohawks and Mohicans were with the English army.    The daughters of the English general, Munro, started a journey through the forest. but soon they were in danger when they met one of Hurons, Magua. One of the sisters, Cora was urged to marry Magua. But she didn't want to marry him. The last of the Mohicans, Chingachgook and his son, Uncas and white scout man, Hawk-eye were her friends. So, they helped Cora. But Magua persistently looked for Cora and her sister, Alice.    Finally, Cora and Uncus was killed by Magua, and Hawk-eye killed Magua. But, Chingachgook became the last Mohican. However, wasn't alone. Hawk-eye was beside him.    I think the last of this story is little sad. Cooper, Fenimore James. (2

It's Behrman's masterpiece, dear. He painted it on the night of the storm. (p. 31)    There are five stories with unusual endings in this book. They are about criminals and their crimes, detectives and their investigations, lovers and their hopes.   All of stories are in America. There were many kinds of criminals. Such as a Burglar, a safe-cracker, and so on.    But there were good people, too. Such as a kind old man, good lovers, and so on.    And each stories expressed dificulties of living in the world in the 19th century. The technology of medical treatment didn't develop enough, and it was difficult to earn money. So, there were many people who died when they were young.    I think that there were a lot of dramas of people in the 19th century. O. Henry. (2005). The Last Leaf and Other Stories. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann ELT.                                                                                                                            

I will be your wife. I will marry you. (p. 61)    Jane Eyre was a poor girl. Her parents were dead, so she lived with her aunt. But the aunt didn't like Jane. Jane knew that. She felt uncomfortable. So, she decided to live in a school. The school life was very hard. But she became a teacher in the school.    After a few years, she came to want to be a governess. So, she put an advertisement in a newspaper. Then, she replied from Mrs Fairfax of Thornfield Hall. So, she worked there.    The owner of Thornfield wasn't Mrs Fairfax but Mr Rochester. And gradually, she came to love him. But she thought that she couldn't marry him because she was poor, and she wasn't beautiful.    One day, Mr Rochester asked her to marry him. And she said yes. But in the wedding, a fact that Mr Rochester had married an other woman became clear. Jane left Thornfield Hall.    But, she could meet Mr Rochester again.    Finally, Jane and Mr Rochester got married.    I felt happy to read

  I don't love you any more. (p. 31)    One day, Paul met a beautiful girl, Maria. She had long dark hair, and she was wearing a pretty white dress. Paul loved her. But Paul was poor, and Maria was very rich.    Paul told Maria that he wanted to marry her, but she shooked her head and run away. After that, Paul met her mother. The old mother was ugly. Her eyes were small and cold, and her mouth was thin and hard. Her old hands were covered with big rings.    After that, Paul saw a head line in the newspaper: RICH MAN'S BEAUTIFUL BRIDE There was a picture of Maria and her husband. He was old and fat. On the back page of the news paper, Paul found an advertisement of story competition. He wanted to be a writer. So, he decided to write a story. He worked very hard. So, he could won the first prize! And he got job at the newspaper company.    One day, Maria's mother died. So, Paul went to the funeral to get a report. After that, Paul visited Maria's house to see her.

   There are two stories in this book.    The first one is "The House in the Picture." 'This is very strange!' (p. 16)    There is a engraving in the house of Mr Williams, worked in the Oxford University Museum.    The engraving is very strange. Because its detail changed every time he saw the picture.    Actually, this picture expressed a true incident that a baby was took away in England.    The second one is "Abbot Thomas' Treasure." We will find Abbot Thomas' treasure! (p. 51)    Mr Somerton, a archeologist got a book about Abbot Thomas' treasure. He wanted the book fo a long time. After reading the book, he and his servant, George went to the place where the treasure was.    There was a code that told him the place where the treasure was. He tried to understand the meanings of the code for many days. After that, he and George went to the place again. Then, they tried to find the treasure. But there were horrible guardian. They