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Cry, the beloved country / Alan Paton ; retold by G.F. Weat and R.H. Durham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin readers. Level 6 | Penguin readers. Level 6Publication details: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2008.Edition: New edDescription: vii, 101 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781405882637 (pbk.) :
  • 9781405882637 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 428.6 WEA
Contents:
Book one -- 1.The hills above the Umzimkulu -- 2.The letter -- 3.Departure from Ndotsheni -- 4.Arrival from Johannesburg -- 5.Welcome at the Mission House -- 6.Claremont, the rubbish-pile of the city -- 7.John Kumalo -- 8.The journey to Alexandra -- 9.All raods lead to Johannesburg -- 10.The reformatory -- 11.Murder in Parkwold -- 12.The search for Absalom -- 13.Why fear the one thing? -- 14.The prison -- 15.Father Vincent -- 16.Absalom\'s girl -- 17.The lawyer -- Book two -- 1.High place -- 2.The story of a stranger -- 3.Its not acceptable -- 4.The servant-boy recovers -- 5.The court -- 6.Gold in Odendaalsrust -- 7.The heaviest thing -- 8.The great bull voice -- 9.Another murder -- 10.The judgement -- 11.Brothers shuts out brother -- Book three -- 1.Return to Ndotsheni -- 2.Milk for the children -- 3.No forgiveness -- 4.The dam -- 5.Mrs Jarvis dies -- 6.Restoring the valley -- 7.The dwan has come.
Summary: When people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back. 'Cry, the Beloved Country' is the moving story of two families in South Africa - one black and one white - who are brought into violent contact. From a remote valley in Natal, Reverend Kumalo sets off for the city of Johannesburg in search of his younger sister and his son.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 428.6 WEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 217965

This ed. originally published: London: Penguin, 1999.

Originally published: Harlow : Longman, 1996.

3000 headwords advanced. --Back cover.

British English. --Back cover.

Book one -- 1.The hills above the Umzimkulu -- 2.The letter -- 3.Departure from Ndotsheni -- 4.Arrival from Johannesburg -- 5.Welcome at the Mission House -- 6.Claremont, the rubbish-pile of the city -- 7.John Kumalo -- 8.The journey to Alexandra -- 9.All raods lead to Johannesburg -- 10.The reformatory -- 11.Murder in Parkwold -- 12.The search for Absalom -- 13.Why fear the one thing? -- 14.The prison -- 15.Father Vincent -- 16.Absalom\'s girl -- 17.The lawyer -- Book two -- 1.High place -- 2.The story of a stranger -- 3.Its not acceptable -- 4.The servant-boy recovers -- 5.The court -- 6.Gold in Odendaalsrust -- 7.The heaviest thing -- 8.The great bull voice -- 9.Another murder -- 10.The judgement -- 11.Brothers shuts out brother -- Book three -- 1.Return to Ndotsheni -- 2.Milk for the children -- 3.No forgiveness -- 4.The dam -- 5.Mrs Jarvis dies -- 6.Restoring the valley -- 7.The dwan has come.

When people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back. 'Cry, the Beloved Country' is the moving story of two families in South Africa - one black and one white - who are brought into violent contact. From a remote valley in Natal, Reverend Kumalo sets off for the city of Johannesburg in search of his younger sister and his son.

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