A town like alice / Nevil Shute, D R Hill. - New York, NY :Simon & Schuster/Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1994 - 463 p. ;21 cm..

• Call Number: 823 SHU
• English Collection
• Hanoi University Libray

  Summary: A Town Like Alice is a 1950 novel by Nevil Shute about Jean Paget, an Englishwoman who survives harrowing experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war in Malaya during WWII. After the war, she inherits a fortune and moves to Australia to find Joe Harmon, an Australian soldier she befriended in captivity. Using her inheritance, she works to improve a small outback community, transforming it into a prosperous "town like Alice Springs," while also building a life with Joe.

  This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

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