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Washington Square

Henry James
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Love

Catherine Sloper, an insignificant, plain girl, will one day inherit a substantial fortune from her father. When her overwhelming passion for a handsome fortune hunter transforms her dull existence, Catherine’s  distinguished father, her interfering aunt and her selfish lover all play with her feelings to satisfy their own needs, and succeed in breaking her heart.

Dossier within the reader:
New York City in the 1850s

  • Audio CD is included


Features:

  • aimed at teenagers and adults
  • introduction about the author and his/her times
  • wide variety of motivating activities
  • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams
  • fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text
  • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities
  • extensive vocabulary footnotes
  • exit tests
  • guided Internet projects


The list below shows the main grammatical structures used at level B2.1:

Present Perfect Simple with the first/second/etc. time that … – Present Perfect Continuous with for & since – Passive forms with the Present Perfect Simple – Reported speech with precise reporting verbs (e.g. suggest, promise, apologise, etc.) – 3rd Conditional: if + past perfect, … would(n’t) have – All conditionals with may &
might – Non-defining relative clauses with which & whose – Clauses of concession with even though, in spite of & despite


Answer key is available online (please contact us for password)

  • Washington Square Reader + audio CD

    ISBN: 978-88-530-0133-7
    Size: 14.5 x 19
    Weight: 300gr Pages: 160
    Price: 13.85€   11.08€
      
 
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