The age of innocence /
West, Clare.
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; retold by Clare West. - [Simplified ed.]. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 104 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + 3 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.) - Oxford Bookworms Library ; Stage 5, Classics .
"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2006"--T.p. verso.
"Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arthur is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married." --Back cover
9780194792165 (pbk.) 0194792161 (pbk.)
Sharjah Book Fair 2010
Readers (Adult)
English language --Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Reading comprehension --Problems, exercises, etc.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) --Fiction.
Upper class --Fiction.
Separated people --Fiction.
Married people --Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) --Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Love stories.
PE1126.A4 / .W54725 2008
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; retold by Clare West. - [Simplified ed.]. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 104 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + 3 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.) - Oxford Bookworms Library ; Stage 5, Classics .
"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2006"--T.p. verso.
"Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arthur is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married." --Back cover
9780194792165 (pbk.) 0194792161 (pbk.)
Sharjah Book Fair 2010
Readers (Adult)
English language --Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Reading comprehension --Problems, exercises, etc.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) --Fiction.
Upper class --Fiction.
Separated people --Fiction.
Married people --Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) --Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Love stories.
PE1126.A4 / .W54725 2008