Adapted by Nancy Timmins
Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Catherine Morland is going on her first visit to the city of Bath. She is seventeen and comes from a small, quiet town in the English countryside. She likes Gothic novels. When she makes friends with the handsome young Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, she will find herself in the middle of a family tragedy. Henry's home, Northanger Abbey, is the scene of a crime. Or is it all just a product of Catherine's imagination?

Dossiers:
King George III and Regency England, British female novelists
Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 4 | Exam: fce trinity

Love

In 1806, Captain Frederick Wentworth and Miss Anne Elliot fell in love, but since neither of them had any money, Anne's friend Lady Russell persuaded Anne not to marry the Captain. Eight years later, Anne and Frederick meet again. By this time Frederick has made a fortune in the Navy, but he is still angry with Anne for rejecting him. This - the last of Jane Austen's novels - is also the most delicate and moving love story she ever wrote.

Dossiers:
The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars
Lyme Regis and Bath
The Woman Question in Jane Austen's Time

After Reading

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