Spider = Die Spinne

The world-famous story «Spider», written by the German author Hans Heinz Ewers, is considered a classic of the genre of mysticism and horror. In the same room of the Paris hotel «Stevens», three people have died under very strange circumstances, and each death was similar to the deaths of the other two. Student Richard Brakemon convinces the police that he can solve the case and settles into a gloomy room… What will the days and nights spent in the hotel bring for the brave young man – the unraveling of the mystery or the inevitable approach of a terrible end? The text of the work is adapted for levels B1-B2 for those continuing to learn German at an intermediate level and is accompanied by comments. After the story, exercises with keys are offered. At the end of the book, there is a dictionary of the vocabulary used, facilitating reading.