The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres

by Mike Hamlin (Editor), Jane Browne (Editor), Christine Hall (Editor)

Other authors: Margery Allingham (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Adéle Geras (Contributor), Thomas Hardy (Contributor) — 12 more, Patricia Highsmith (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor), E. Nesbit (Contributor), G.K. Sprinkle (Contributor), Robert Louis Stevenson (Contributor), Catherine Store (Contributor), Jim Thompson (Contributor), Rosemary Timperley (Contributor), Anthony Trollope (Contributor), Kurt Vonnegut (Contributor), H. G. Wells (Contributor), Virginia Woolf (Contributor)

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This collection of stories is for key stage 4. Each genre includes a pre-twentieth century story and tales by twentieth century writers. Genres include: Horror, Crime and Detection, Ghosts and Mystery, Love, Science Fiction. Each section includes activities for comparison work as well as suggestions for student's own creative writing.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hamlin, Mike	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Browne, Jane	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Hall, Christine	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allingham, Margery	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Ray	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Doyle, Arthur Conan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Geras, Adéle	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hardy, Thomas	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Highsmith, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Shirley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nesbit, E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sprinkle, G.K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stevenson, Robert Louis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Store, Catherine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thompson, Jim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Timperley, Rosemary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trollope, Anthony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vonnegut, Kurt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wells, H. G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woolf, Virginia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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This collection of stories is for key stage 4. Each genre includes a pre-twentieth century story and tales by twentieth century writers. Genres include: Horror, Crime and Detection, Ghosts and Mystery, Love, Science Fiction. Each section includes activities for comparison work as well as suggestions for student's own creative writing.

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Contains: Ghost: The superstitious man's story / Thomas Hardy. The violet car / E. Nesbit. Harry / Rosemary Timperley. Crossing over / Catherine Storr. Crime and detection: The man with the twisted lip / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The lie about / Margery Allingham. Forever after / Jim Thompson. Love: Malachi's Cove / Anthony Trollope. The legacy / Virginia Woolf. Twelve hours—narratives and perspectives / Adéle Geras. Science fiction: Extract from The time machine / H.G. Wells. The veldt / Ray Bradbury. Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut. Horror: The body-snatcher / R.L. Stevenson. The quest for 'Blank Claveringi' / Patricia Highsmith. The lottery / Shirley Jackson. Serena sees / G.K. Sprinkle.

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