Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 3:: Ethan Frome audio CD pack (Oxford Bookworms ELT) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0194792994 ISBN 13: 9780194792998

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.

Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours, but his farm makes little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voice bring light and hope into the Fromes' house - and into Ethan's lonely life. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape...

CEFR B1
Word count 10,700

About this title

Synopsis:

Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voice bring light and hope into the Fromes' house - and into Ethan's lonely life. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape ...

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0194792994
• ISBN 13: 9780194792998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72