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Don't Look Now (Penguin Longman Reader Series) (1992)

by Daphne du Maurier, Derek Strange (Retold by)

Other authors: Piers Sandford (Illustrator)

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John and Laura are on holiday in Venice, but it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.
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The main character John and his wife Laura are on holiday in Venice.
They lost their daugher, she was dead, and they want time to forget her.
But in Venice, they met strange old sisters and happen mysterious things around them.

I like the end of this story, it is like a my favorite movie "six sense".
This is very suprised us very much, but I have many inexplicable thigs after finish reading.
Who is the murder? What happened to him? Why? and so on.
I was very confused by this book. ( )
  maru3 | Jan 18, 2011 |
John and Laura traveled in Venice.
Laura go on thinking of their daughter Christine who passed away.
While they are dining out,they are stared by mysterious aged women.
And John and Laura were told strange thing by aged women...

This story is mysterious and horrible.
I enjoy reading one after another because I wanted to know why strange things happen.
I was surprised at last scene. ( )
  mniaknuacat | Oct 29, 2010 |
This book is very mysterious.
And this book has many mystery.
So it was too difficult for me to understand.
I wondered where Laura was really. ( )
1 vote harukaA | Jul 9, 2010 |
The married couple who lost the daughter goes out to travel.
There were aged sisters who saw staring when the married couple was eating. It is said by one of the women, "A young girl is seen to be sitting between you".The heart throbbed feeling eeriness when this book was read. ( )
1 vote Runa01 | Jul 3, 2010 |
John and Laura are on holiday in Venice.
Their daughter, Christine, is dead and they want time to forget,time to live again and be happy.
But it is not going to be easy. When they see the two tall, thin old woman, they know that something is wrong.And then woman say Christine is here, with
them, and there is something she wants to say...

It looks like interesting,but the explanation is too few.
So I don't like this book so much. ( )
1 vote hetaresamurai | Jun 15, 2010 |
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du Maurier, Daphneprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Strange, DerekRetold bymain authorall editionsconfirmed
Sandford, PiersIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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To the teacher:
In addition to all the language forms of Levels One, which are used again at this level of the series, the main verb forms and tenses used at Level Two are:
• common irregular forms of past simple verbs, going to (for prediction and to state intention) and common phrasal verbs
• modal verbs: will and won't (to express willingness) and must (to express obligation or necessity).
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'Don't look now,' John said to his wife, 'but there are two old girls two tables away, looking at me all the time.
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Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (retold by Derek Strange), as published in the Penguin Longman Reader series is not the same book as the anthology of short stories that carries the same name, but is a simplified version of the 1971 novella. It should not be combined with the anthology. Additionally, there is not just one, but several different anthologies that contain Don't Look Now. If yours is not of the Penguin Longman reader series, check the table of contents to see which stories you've got so you can combine your book with the proper anthology listing.
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