The Song of Achilles - Tuesdays from 14th January
The Song of Achilles - Tuesdays from 14th January
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The Song of Achilles - Tuesdays from 14th January

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Read and discuss this modern retelling of The Iliad by award winning writer Madeline Miller

Highlights

  • Join this book club and gain extra motivation to read in English
  • 7 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
  • Discuss this modern retelling and develop your cultural knowledge 
  • Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes

Practise and develop your English online in this 7 week advanced English book club course reading and discussing the modern best-selling novel The Song of Achilles by award winning writer Madeline Miller.  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

A gripping tale of love, ambition and immortal fame.  This book was the winner of the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction and has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.  It retells the story of The Iliad for modern times.  The young prince Patroclus is exiled to the court of King Peleus, and is befriended by his son, Achilles.  As the young men learn of war and medicine, their bond deepens, in spite of Achilles's mother Thetis. But when news reaches them that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must fulfill his destiny and go to war in far off Troy. Not knowing what will become of them Patroclus accompanies him, and the years that follow test everything they value.

'Captivating' DONNA TARTT
'I loved it' J K ROWLING
'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUE 

Geoff says:

"Modern day retellings of the stories from the classical Greeks have become very popular over the last decade - and this is the book that started the trend!"  

The book
  • Genre: Historical fiction; Classical retelling
  • Language: American 
  • Suitable for: people familiar with reading in English - Advanced
  • Text:  Original text 
  • Length: 74,451 words
Dates & time
  • Every Tuesday from 14th January - 25th February
  • 17.30 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU)
  • 16.30 (UTC+0/GMT+0) London, UK, Portugal
  • 18.30 Greece, Ukraine
  • 19.30 Turkey, Saudi Arabia
Age  18+
Class size  Maximum 8 participants
What you learn
  • To confidently speak and debate with others
  • To overcome any gaps by paraphrasing or rephrasing
  • To eradicate errors in grammar and pronunciation 
  • To develop and extend areas of high level vocabulary
  • To be immersed in the natural patterns of English syntax
  • To gain a deeper understanding of cultural issues
  • To perfect & enhance your English through summarising

Only 8 places available.  Click Add to Cart to reserve your place.