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Ralph Mowat

    书虫·牛津英汉双语读物: A Tale of Two Cities / 双城记
    The Enemy
    A Tale of Two Cities
    The jungle books
    Brat Farrar
    We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
    • The jungle books

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

      The jungle books2000
      4.0
    • The Enemy

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Wealthy, respectable George Ashton flees for his life after an acid attack on his daughter. Who is his enemy? Only his future son-in-law, who, unknown to Ashton is a British Intelligence Agent, can guess. For ESL students and Adult Literacy Stage 6.

      The Enemy2000
      3.4
    • A Tale of Two Cities

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      This is Charles Dickens' classic tale of resurrection and redemption set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.

      A Tale of Two Cities2000
      3.9
    • 时间是1775年,在巴黎一家酒馆楼上的一间屋子里坐着一位白发男人,他正忙着做鞋。他曾在巴士底狱当了18年的囚徒。现在他已是一个自由人了,然而他却不知道自己的名字,也认不出他的朋友。他所知道的就是他必须继续做鞋。在一辆去巴黎的车上坐着路茜,这是他从未见过面的女儿。路茜把她父亲带回了伦敦,在女儿的爱心和照料之下,他忘掉了过去并学会了重新像一个自由人那样去生活。然而在法国大革命的暴风雨年代,过去既没有消失也没有被忘掉。于是不久,过去的危险秘密地把路茜和她所爱的人们带回了巴黎……那儿恐怖的死亡机器——断头台正饥饿地等候着法兰西的敌人们。

      书虫·牛津英汉双语读物: A Tale of Two Cities / 双城记1997
      3.9
    • Brat Farrar

      • 255 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the imposter's plan and his life.

      Brat Farrar1997
      4.0
    • The four Walker children never meant to go to sea. They had promised their mother to stay safely in the harbour, and to be home on Friday in time for tea. But there they are in someone else's boat, drifting out to sea in a thick fog. And, then comes the wind and the storm, driving them out even further across the cold North Sea.

      We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea1995
      4.6