Read and discuss "the greatest novel you have never read" - Stoner, the life of an ordinary, quiet man
Highlights
- Join this book club course and gain extra motivation to read in English
- 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
- Discuss the everyday conflicts, defeats and victories of life
- Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes
Use and improve your English in this 5 week English book club course using John Williams' novel, Stoner. Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
The Book Club book
This book is known as "the greatest novel you've never read". In the story nothing unusual happens, and yet also, everything happens. It is the story of one unremarkable man's life, a man who thought he would be a farmer but who becomes a teacher.
William Stoner is a normal, quiet man. He goes to the University of Missouri to study agriculture but while there his life is changed by a seminar on English literature. We follow his life, his relationships, understanding that after his death, his colleagues don't remember him very often.
Yet this convincing account of a human life, told with truth and compassion, details the everyday conflicts, defeats and victories unrecorded by history - and gives us a profound picture of the significance of a life.
Geoff says:
"This story of an ordinary man throws light for us on the everyday, showing the universal in the individual, the unrecorded lives among us all. A classic!"
Only 8 places available. Click Add to Cart to reserve your place.
| The book |
|
| Dates & time |
or
|
| Age | 18+ |
| Online class size | Maximum 8 participants, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion |
| What you learn |
|
| Your teacher |
|