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Author:

Keen, Annette, author.

Title:

Gladiator / adapted from the novel by Dewey Gram ; based on the screenplay by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson ; retold by Annette Keen.

Edition:

Simplified ed.

Publisher:

Pearson Education,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

v, 79 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Gladiators--Rome--Fiction.
Readers (Adult)
Readers for new literates.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Reading comprehension.
Readers for new literates.
Readers (Adult)
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Gladiators.
English language.
Rome (Empire)
Textbooks--for foreign speakers.
Readers (Publications)
Problems and exercises.
Fiction.
Movie novels.
Readers (Publications)
Fiction.

Other Authors:

Adaptation of (work): Gram, Dewey. Gladiator.
Adaptation of (expression): Franzoni, David. Gladiator.

Notes:

Included in the reader: Activities. "Intermediate (1700 headwords) ; Contemporary ; American English ; Number of words (excluding activities): 21,055 ; [CEF:] B1"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Farmer and soldier -- The last battle -- One more duty -- A prisoner again -- New gladiators -- Caesar's arrival in Rome -- The Spaniard and the crowd -- The Colosseum -- A man for the people -- Secrets and lies -- Broken plans -- Home, at last.

Summary:

"Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for their lives."--Page 4 of cover.

Series:

Penguin readers. Level 4

ISBN:

1405882182
9781405882187

OCLC:

(OCoLC)230849225

Locations:

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)