AMERICAN CRIME STORIES by Carlos

AMERICAN CRIME STORIES

People kill for different reasons fear, desire of power, madness, etc. This book has seven stories about crimes. I choose one of them to talk about it.

THE LIPSTICK

This story was told by Mary Roberts Riheheart. She was an American writer often called the American Agatha Christie.

Elionor Hammond’s wife has died. Mrs Hammond visited her psychiatrist doctor, Mr Barclay. He was in his late thirties and quite good looking. She was in the waiting room, and the last person who saw alive her was the nurse. Minutes after Mrs Hammond fell or jumped from the tenth floor window of Doctor Barclay waiting room. At least the inquiry told that.

But Miss Baring, the cousin of Mr Hadmmond didn’t believe in it. She thought that Mrs Hadmmond had been killed.

She began to research. On the one hand she thought that the killer was Mr hadmmon’s mother but on the other hand she thought that the killer was the nurse of the doctor.

The lost nearly her life for her research, a bullet touched her head. But when he woke up the doctor told her the true. The killer was her cousin. Good!! She lost a cousin, but she won a doctor.

Jealous is one of the worst reasons to kill but a lot of people kill for that reason.

I recommend this book, especially to people who are studying English because they’ll learn a lot of new vocabulary.   

ENGLISH BOOK (2) by Carmen.- THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST AND OTHER STORIES

The Canterville Ghost and Others Stories tell us fantastic short stories about English high society of the late 19^th century.

The first play is about a famous ghost that he haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy because the new owners, an American family, aren’t frightened by him, and, the little children even play tricks on him. Finally, Virginia, the Otis’s daughter, helps him to die definitely.

In the second story, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, the meeting between a chiromantist and Lord Arthur, produce his whole life changes because he has to murder someone before he can marry.

The third story, The Sphinx without a secret, is about the secret life of the beautiful Lady Alroy. She has unusual habits seem mysterious even for the man who wants to marry her.

The main characters in each story are: The Canterville Ghost is the ghost of Sir Simon Canterville and Virginia that she is a daughter of new owner of Canteville Chase. Lord Arthur Saville is a young man who he has to murder someone before he can marry. Finally, in the third story, Lord Gerald Murchison, is the man who loves Lady Alroy.

These stories were written y Oscar Wilde. He was a very successful writer in the late 19^th century and a famous character. He wrote a lot of short stories than these, plays like The importance of being Earnest, poems, several books for children like The happy Prince and other Tales and his most famous full-lenth book The picture of Dorian Gray.

I really think that this book everyone has to read it, because is funny and very interesting. Then you can learn a lot about people and their behaviour.