OBL 3E 3 Ethan Frome

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Oxford Bookworms Library: Ethan FromeLevel 3: 1000-Word Vocabulary*Wydawnictwo: Oxford University PressEAN: 9780194791151Autor: Edith WhartonRok wydania: 2008Język: ‎ angielskiPoziom językowy: B1Ilość stron: 80*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 B1Word count 10,700