The Gadfly (ESL/EFL Version)
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | Qiliang Feng | ISBN: | 9781310789182 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng | Publication: | December 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Qiliang Feng |
| ISBN: | 9781310789182 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng |
| Publication: | December 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This book is Volume II-5 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 91
Total word count || 26541
Words beyond 1500 || 1389
Headwords beyond 1500 || 537
Unknown word percentage (%) || 5.23
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 2.02
Unknown headword occurrence || 2.59
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 73
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 266
[Synopsis]
The story is set in the 1840s in Italy, when Italy was under Austrian rule. Arthur Burton is attracted by the ideals of Young Italy, so he joins it and devotes himself to the freedom of Italy. Arthur respects Mr. Montanelli, Father Director, and Mr. Montanelli is worried when he learns what Arthur is doing and tries to stop him. At one secret meeting, Arthur meets Gemma, his old playmate and falls in love with him.
Montanelli becomes the Bishop in Rome. After he leaves for Rome, Cardi arrives as the new Director and becomes Arthur’s confessor. Arthur is tricked by Father Cardi and tells him of what he and his comrades are doing. As a result, he and several of his comrades are arrested. When Arthur comes out of prison, Gemma is angry and strikes him across the cheek.
Arthur also discovers an important secret of the Bishop Montanelli. He becomes so sad that he goes to South America. There, he suffers great hardships for 13 years. When he returns to Italy, he becomes a journalist, publishing radical ideas under the name “the Gadfly”….
This book is rewritten from “The Gadfly” by Irish writer E. L. Voynich (1864-1960), published in 1897.
This book is Volume II-5 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 91
Total word count || 26541
Words beyond 1500 || 1389
Headwords beyond 1500 || 537
Unknown word percentage (%) || 5.23
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 2.02
Unknown headword occurrence || 2.59
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 73
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 266
[Synopsis]
The story is set in the 1840s in Italy, when Italy was under Austrian rule. Arthur Burton is attracted by the ideals of Young Italy, so he joins it and devotes himself to the freedom of Italy. Arthur respects Mr. Montanelli, Father Director, and Mr. Montanelli is worried when he learns what Arthur is doing and tries to stop him. At one secret meeting, Arthur meets Gemma, his old playmate and falls in love with him.
Montanelli becomes the Bishop in Rome. After he leaves for Rome, Cardi arrives as the new Director and becomes Arthur’s confessor. Arthur is tricked by Father Cardi and tells him of what he and his comrades are doing. As a result, he and several of his comrades are arrested. When Arthur comes out of prison, Gemma is angry and strikes him across the cheek.
Arthur also discovers an important secret of the Bishop Montanelli. He becomes so sad that he goes to South America. There, he suffers great hardships for 13 years. When he returns to Italy, he becomes a journalist, publishing radical ideas under the name “the Gadfly”….
This book is rewritten from “The Gadfly” by Irish writer E. L. Voynich (1864-1960), published in 1897.
