David and Marianne -

John Dent

Longman

1985

62 páginas

2h 4m

ISBN-1: 0

The story is about Marianne, her father wants her to get married with a man of the village but she does not like him. One day when she is painting on the beach she hears a voice behind her, it is David. He likes her painting. They get into a conversation. From that day on they meet eachother on the beach each day and they fall in love.
At one day when Marianne is on the beach it is raining and she goes to a hole in a rock to wait there for David. When she sees the lamps of Davids motorcycle she runs to him.
Two men come out of the rock to get her but she jells to David and the two men disappaer. When David and Marianne go to look where the men are they find nobody.

Marianne takes a job in the fishfactory. Because she can’t see David anymore, David thinks Marianne doesn’t want him. He goes back to the mainland to the big city Malapa. Marianne goes there to find David. When she is lifting a man wants to take her home and then she has to run for her live. In Malapa nobody wants to buy her paintings, but she finds David. They go back to Tasca and when they are on the ship there is a oilplatform in serious trouble, sabotage.

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2.5 (Razoável)

David and Marianne

A surprisingly entertaining plot for such a small book. Easy reading, ideal for kids or for those who are trying to learn english.
Recommend!