Books

Someone Like You

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Information

• First editions:
  • Alfred Knopf, 1953, USA.
    • Value (circa 1994) in Very Good condition
      • Without dustjacket: $35-$56
      • With dustjacket: $112-$168
  • Secker & Warburg, 1954, Great Britain.
    • Value (circa 1994) in Very Good condition
      • Without dustjacket: $21-$35
      • With dustjacket: $70-$105
    • Later published by Micheal Joseph
• Contains:
  • "Dip in the Pool"
  • "Galloping Foxley"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "Man From the South"
  • "Mr. Feasey"
  • "Mr. Hoddy"
  • "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • "Neck"
  • "Nunc Dimittis"
  • "Poison"
  • "Rummins"
  • "Skin"
  • "Taste"
  • "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
  • "The Ratcatcher"
  • "The Soldier"
  • "The Sound Machine"
  • "The Wish"

Reviews

• "Collection of Curiosos" by William Peden in December 26, 1953 issue of The Saturday Review (read online)

Teacher Resources

• "Dip in the Pool"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
  • Additional Classroom Question
    • Suggested question to tack on the end of Jocelyn Allen's Classroom Activities
• "Galloping Foxley"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Convince that Jury
    • A R.A.F.T. Writing Prompt involving identification of important quotes from the story and then writing a persuasive essay in the form of a closing argument from a defense attorney
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task
• "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Poison"
  • Online Games
    • Online matching, concentration, and flash card games with concepts from the book
• "Taste"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
  • Classroom Ideas
    • Includes some ideas for teaching grammar
• "The Wish"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story

Cover Illustrations

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Knopf 1953

Dell 1961