MOONSTONE

Résumé :


On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives a very special present : the Moonstone ? a large yellow diamond from India. But that night the Moonstone is stolen... In what T. S. Eliot called 'the best of modern detective novels', Wilkie Collins tells a story full of mystery and psychological insight. This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historica background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.
As well as the story, this reader contains : wide ranges of activities practising the four skills ; FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7) ; Dossier : Imperialism on the Indian Subcontinent ; Internet projects ; Text recorded ; Exit test with answer key.