Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen 

Human Interest 

After spending nineteen years in prison, Jean Valjean is a free man at last. But what does the future hold for him? He is insulted and rejected by everyone he meets, until something happens that will change his life forever. 

Dossiers: 
Paris at the time of King Louis-Philippe 
The Luxembourg Gardens 
Romantic heroes in 19th century literature

• 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 B1.2:

Present Perfect Simple with for & since – Past Perfect Simple for narrative – Causative: have/get + object + past participle – Reported questions and requests/orders with ask & tell – 2nd Conditional: if + past, … would(n’t) – Zero, 1st and 2nd conditionals with unless – Non-defining relative clauses with who & where – Clauses of result with so, so… that & such… that – Clauses of concession with although & though – Clauses of comparison with (not) as/so… as; (not)… enough to; too… to


Answer key and Web activities are available online (please contact us for password)