The Curious Case of Benjamin Button + CD Audio

Τίτλος: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button + CD Audio
Συγγραφέας: Francis Scott Fitzgerald 

Σελίδες: 56
Θεματική Κατηγορία: Hoepli Readers<Classics

• Level B1 - B2

Benjamin Button was born under most unusual circumstances. At the ripe old age of seventy with a long smoke-coloured beard he found himself uncomfortably squashed into a hospital crib yearning for a cigar rather than warm milk. As the world moved forward he lived his life in reverse becoming younger and stronger much to the embarrassment of his family. The reader is carried dramatically through the various stages of his eventful existence as he goes to war, enters the business world, falls in love, has a son, goes to college and eventually slides back into babyhood. Although written in the 1920s, the story is still relevant today mirroring our obsession with age and appearance and ridiculing the social norms that condition our lives. This strange and haunting fable is written in the evocative and carefully constructed prose that made Fitzgerald one of the memorable voices in American literature.
In 2008 the story was made into a successful film by David Fincher starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. 
 

• This volume and CD offer the opportunity to enjoy an original text while learning at the same time. Notes and language activities help the reader to follow the stories, appreciate aspects of the writing, memorize vocabulary and practice language structures.
• A final section contains further stimuli, with contextualizing notes and images.

​​The works are accompanied by ample teaching material aimed at improving vocabulary, developing reading skills, reinforcing grammar structures and attaining a greater level of comprehension. Specific dossiers expand upon the aspects regarding the historical and cultural context of the work. The audio-CD contains the recording of the text.