Claire West Books

Clare West brings over two decades of TEFL experience to her writing, with a particular focus on the literary and cultural dimensions of language acquisition. She has honed strategies for enhancing reading and writing skills, especially for students preparing for examinations. Currently a freelance author, she contributes to prominent series and develops supplementary materials, also serving as Series Editor for a play script collection. Her work demonstrates a deep understanding of how language learning intersects with literature and culture.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
484 pages
17 hours of reading
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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.
Heat and Dust
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Heat and dust - these simple, terrible words describe the Indian summer. Year after year, endlessly, it is the same. And everyone who experiences this heat and dust is changed for ever. We often say, in these modern times, that sexual relationships have changed, for better or for worse. But in this book we see that things have not changed. Whether we look back sixty years, or a hundred and sixty, we see that it is not things that change, but people. And, in the heat and dust of an Indian summer, even people are not very different after all.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Heat and Dust