Kenneth Brodey

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress at Hartfield, her father's house in the beautiful English countryside. But when she starts matchmaking she finds that her imagination has created more problems than solutions... This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.
As well as the story, this reader contains : Wide range of activities practising the four skills ; FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8) ; Dossiers : Jane Austen and Reading, The Poor and others ; Recording of most of the story ; Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com.