Characters - Character spreads present the people in each story and are ideal for before reading activities. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE Virginia Woolf Adapted by Elspeth Rawstron Recording in British English Mrs Ramsey has gathered her friends and family around her in the family’s summer house on the Isle of Skye. As the children play and the adults paint, talk and think, the relationships between them develop and change. Can true happiness ever be achieved or is it destined to exist only as a poignant memory? TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE Solomon Northup Adapted by David A. Hill Recording in American English Solomon Northup was kidnapped as a free man and sold into slavery. This is his story of his twelve years as a slave. Solomon paints a clear picture of the life of a slave, the endless work and the cruel treatment, where people are treated without any humanity. How did Solomon survive? And how did Solomon become a free man once more? Level 5 · B1 Biography · Society 92 pages ISBN 978-3-71140-156-4 Level 5 · B1 Art · Human interest 100 pages ISBN 978-3-99045-867-9 THE STRANGE CASE OF DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Les Kirkham & Sandra Oddy Recording in British English When respectable Dr Jekyll starts associating with the mysterious Mr Hyde, his friends become increasingly worried. Who is Hyde and why do all the people he meets dislike him? Stevenson’s classic tale of the human capacity for evil is retold with all the tension and Gothic drama of the original story. THE WOMAN IN WHITE Wilkie Collins Adapted by Frances Mariani & Maria Cleary Recording in British English Poor art teacher, Walter Hartright, falls in love with beautiful heiress Laura Fairlie. But Laura is engaged to the enigmatic Sir Percival Glyde. Who is the woman in white who can reveal a terrible secret about Sir Percival? Can Walter save Laura from Sir Percival and his sinister friend, Count Fosco? Level 5 · B1 Horror · Mystery 116 pages ISBN 978-3-7114-0180-9 Level 5 · B1 Detective · Horror 96 pages ISBN 978-3-7114-0239-4 AUDIO ON APP ONLINE ACTIVITIES ON HELBLING READERS CEFR B1 WILKIE COLLINS THE WOMAN IN WHITE MARCH 2024 HELBLING READERS CATALOGUE 2024 GRADED READERS 54
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