Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
Robert Dewsnap Books






Hound of the Baskervilles
- 84 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.
The Speckled Band
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Part of the High Impact series this classic text is retold in an accessible style for those with a reading age of six to seven years. Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of the death of Helen's sister in time to save Helen's own life?
This classic story is has been simplified and abridged to suit the needs of learners of English. For use in schools and private study.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMPSONThe Third Man is Graham Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a smashed dreary city occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to vi
Humour: The well-known story about an American family who moves into an old English castle. We follow the trag-comic complications between a poor ghost and the modern American family.
The life of an American slave
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
