Retold by Blanche Malvern
Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Isabel Archer - a young American woman - visits her uncle and his family in England. Her uncle dies and leaves her a large fortune. Isabel was always beautiful and charming: now, in addition, she is rich. The question is, whom will she marry? The English nobleman Lord Warburton? Her American suitor Casper Goodwood? Or the refined and sophisticated Gilbert Osmond, an American art collector living in Italy?

Dossier:
Americans in Italy in the Nineteenth Century

Exit test
Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 5 | Exam: fce trinity

 

A young woman arrives at a large country house. Her job is to look after the two children who live there, but she soon discovers that there is something very strange about both the house and the children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that the two children are in danger - or is it that the children are the danger, and the person in danger is herself?

OXFORD DOMINOES:

Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.

Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, an interactive MultiROM, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story,

A young woman arrives at a large country house. Her job is to look after the two children who live there, but she soon discovers that there is something very strange about both the house and the children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that the two children are in danger - or is it that the children are the danger, and the person in danger is herself?

OXFORD DOMINOES:

Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.
A full-colour, entertaining, interactive readers series, that offers students an enjoyable reading experience while building their language skills through integrated language activities, projects, and contextualized gra

Daisy Miller is a beautiful, rich American girl. She comes to Europe with her mother and brother to travel and see the sights. In Switzerland she meets Frederick Winterbourne, a young American who has lived in Europe most of his life. He is fascinated and perplexed by Daisy’s flirtatious and unconventional manners… *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *FCE-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (grade 7) *Dossier on Young Women in the Nineteenth Century *Internet project *Story recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It’s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things – the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?