by Bret Harte · Pearson Education ESL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582343702
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«The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Stories» is Bret Harte's collection of short stories, published by Pearson Education ESL in paperback (48 pages, in English).
The title story is set in Roaring Camp, a gold-rush mining settlement in California. A baby raised by the miners after his mother dies steers them away from gambling and fighting; when they find gold, they see it as a sign of good luck. It also includes other classic stories by Bret Harte, published in 1868.
2003 edition from the Penguin Readers series, level 2, graded reading in English.
Aimed at students of English as a second language who are starting to read American classics at Penguin Readers level 2.
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
