Book Review - 9; The Ring

Title; The Ring
Author; Bernard Smith
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
Rafael was a poor, crazy man who lived in an old boat as a house on the beach. He had been a well before a certain day. One day, he got a gold ring and then he went mad. The ring was a magic ring. Rafael became mad, and he killed Anita – a so beautiful girl and being in love with each other – and The Soldier – a man who came to the village those days. The story teller looked for the reasons why he committed murder. (86 words)
Evaluation; 4 stars
Review;
This is a mysterious story. I couldn’t believe that Rafael killed Anita, who was in love together. Rafael had been a good man before he got the ring, but he had changed so mad. I was frightened at the ring. If I had the ring, would I commit murder? It was long story so I felt it hard to read but I excited it. So I evaluated it at 4 stars. (71 words)

Book Review-8; The Escape and Other Stories

Title; The Escape and Other Stories
Author; W.Somerset Maugham
Publisher; Macmillan Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
The Escape: Roger is a tall and hand-some man in forty-year-old. There were many women who wanted to marry him but he had always escaped from them. In a party, he met Ruth, a beautiful nice woman and she also wanted to marry him. Roger once had promised to marry her, but soon he didn’t want to do. But if he broke the promise, he had to pay so much money to her. So he planed to avoid to marrying her without breaking his promise.
Louise: Louise was an attractive woman and she told everybody that she had a weak heart. Everyone believed it and many man were attracted and wanted to look after her. She had married twice. She told both of men to go out and do what they want to do, not only to look after her. But when they followed her words and went out left her at home, she had a heart attack.
The Ant and The Grasshopper: Two men in this story were alike the characters in The Ant and The Grasshopper. George was like to the Ant – working hard and careful with money, his brother Tom was like the Grasshopper – enjoying himself. In the story of the ant and the grasshopper, the ant succeeded, but in this story, on contrarily, George didn’t succeed.
The Fall of Edward Barnard: Both Edward and Bateman loved Isabel. After a while, Edward and Isabel were engaged to marry but they couldn’t marry because Edward had little money. He went Tahiti left her in Chicago to earn. He promised her that he would return to Chicago two years later, but he didn’t some back. Bateman worried about them and looked for him, and then, Bateman found Edward going to marry another woman. Isabel was so sad, and Bateman promised to make her happy. They got married. (308 words)
Evaluate; 5 stars
Review;
This book contains four stories. Every story has humor, sadness and tricks. I like four stories; especially I like “The Escape” the best. Roger was dandy and hand-some, so many woman wanted to marry him but he always escape. He seemed so clever and childish. He wanted to be in free, so escaped from marrying without penalty. The way he escaped is enjoyable.
I enjoyed other stories. It is not so hard for me to understand. I recommend you to read this book. (83 words)

Book Review – 7; The Secret Garden

Title; The Secret Garden
Editor; Jennifer Bassett, Tricia Hedge
Publisher; Oxford University Press
Level; 3
Summary;
A little girl Mary was bad-tempered and disagreeable child. One day, both of her parents died of a disease so Mary was sent to her uncle, Mr. Archibald Craven. Mr. Craven and his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock, were cold, and Mary felt so impatient. She had a servant, Martha, told her a secret that there was a special garden nobody could enter because it was locked up. Mary could found the key and there she experienced some magic. She told it Dickon, Martha’s brother, who were loved by animals in Craven’s garden. One night, Mary found Mr. Craven’s son, Colin. He was ill and couldn’t walk by himself own, and he was so crooked. Mary persuaded him to go to their secret garden, and then, when Colin experienced the magic, his week legs became more and more strong. Though Colin and Mr. Craven hadn’t liked each other, the moment Colin showed his recovered legs, Mr. Craven was so glad and gently smiled to his son. (164 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
It was the first time I read the story ‘The Secret Garden’. Mary was bad-tempered and selfish girl and, I felt, she was also so active, innocent and strong. Her vitality and curiosity enabled herself to find the key of the secret garden and enter it. Colin’s illness – crooked mind and week legs – were cured by her vitality and Colin and Mr. Craven were reconciled.
In this story, there were many characters but it was not so difficult for me to read and I enjoyed it. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (93 words)