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Rebecca is the story of a young woman who is going to fall in love with Maxim de Winter, this rich and much older man. The first weeks of her married life in Monte Carlo are going to be her happiest. When Max takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall, the ghost of his first wife, Rebecca, resurfaces. Published in 1938, it is Daphne du Maurier’s most popular novel to this day and counts amongst English literature' favourite classics. The story has been translated in more than 24 languages across the world and never been out of print since its first publication.
Live Reading via Instagram at 18:30 CET (Paris Time)
18th Sept
Session 2 (Chapters 3 & 4)
Live Reading via Instagram at 14:00 CET (Paris Time)
19th Sept
Session 3 (Chapters 5 & 6)
Live Reading via Instagram at 18:30 CET (Paris Time)
21st Sept
Workshop Session 1 (Chapters 1 to 6)
Live via Zoom at 9:00 CET (Paris Time)
25th Sept
Session 4 (Chapters 7 & 8)
Live Reading via Instagram at 14:00 CET (Paris Time)
26th Sept
Session 5 (Chapters 9 & 10)
Live Reading via Instagram at 18:30 CET (Paris Time)
28th Sept
Workshop Session 2 (Chapters 7 to 10)
Live via Zoom at 8:00 CET (Paris Time)
Next month
October 2024
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
C1/Advanced
Pearson/Penguin Readers (2008) - Level 6
The story takes place in the industrial north of England in the mid-19th century. Due to family’s circumstances Margaret Hale moves from Helston, a beautiful village of the south country, to Milton, a dirty and smoky city in the north where cotton manufacturing is the main industry.
There, Margaret meets a wealthy and literate mill owner, Mr Thornton. Caught up in the midst of social turmoil their perceptions of one another are going to be challenged and will change their views of the world forever.
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Armelle, from France
(member of the "in person" version of LBC, based near Bordeaux)
Hi dear English reader!
My name is Lydie.
I'm an English teacher in France and I love English literature, especially books written by women! I am also the founder of Lydie’s Book Club, in which I host live readings of adaptations of classics of English literature and contemporary novels.
Once a week I meet the members of the book club via Zoom to discuss the chapters read over the week but we also talk about books in general and learning English.
When I was young learning English was very much focused on grammar and it never occured to me that I could READ in English. Or at least, not until I could consider myself fluent. How wrong I was, how misinformed I was... It is only at the age of 23 that I started reading in English for the first time, it was for my own pleasure and guess what... I loved it!
When I became a teacher myself and learned about the power of storytelling in language learning and teaching, I knew I had to create something! With this book club my mission is to show you how much you can learn a language with books and practise your speaking through conversation!
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