Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Paperback, 9780194792165 | Buy online at The Nile
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Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: The Age of Innocence

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Author: Edith Wharton   Series: Oxford Bookworms ELT

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Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count.

Word count 24,820 CD: American English

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Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count.

Word count 24,820 CD: American English

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Description

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.Before, during, and after readingactivities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

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Awards

Winner of WINNER: The Language Learner Literature Award 2007.

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About the Author

Jennifer Bassett is Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, for which she has written original stories One-Way Ticket and The President's Murderer.

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More on this Book

Help your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world's best graded readers - now with a new range of World Stories, fully revised Factfiles, more audio, and new tests. The new edition includes the original Bookworms stories, plus the Starters, Playscripts and Factfiles, making it easy for you to see the full choice of books at each Stage. The highly acclaimed seven-stage system of grading, from Starter to Stage 6, remains the same, helping you to find the right level for all your students. The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure.

 

Key Features

Stunning NEW covers, to get students interested from the start.

NEW World Stories - collections of short stories written in English from around the world - Africa, Australia, South Asia and more...

UPDATED Factfiles, with NEW text and colour photos, and a new look.

UPDATED Tests, including a NEW Multiple-choice Test for every book.

NEW Teacher's Handbook for each Stage, with answers to the activities in all the books.

UPDATED Activity Worksheets with a story summary & worksheets at Stages 1-4.

MORE books available with Audio for students to listen to the complete text.

Illustrations (including new ones in selected stories) to support the book and help introduce new vocabulary.

About the Author information, Glossary and Activities section at the back of every book.

FREE answer keys, tests, story summaries, and photocopiable activities from

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Classics

1800 Headwords

Wordcount 24,820 

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Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Archer is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
10th January 2008
Edition
3rd
Pages
112
ISBN
9780194792165

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