{"product_id":"the-correspondent","title":"The Correspondent - Mondays\/Tuesdays\/Wednesdays from 22nd\/23rd\/24th June","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead and discuss this \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einternational bestseller: an epistolary novel with an unforgettable letter writer at its heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin this book club \u003c\/strong\u003eand gain extra motivation to read in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5 hours of live classes\u003c\/strong\u003e to help you develop fluent speaking in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiscuss\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003epeople,\u003c\/strong\u003e emotional development, letter writing, and literature   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBe corrected by an expert English teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e to remove errors and mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePractise and \u003cem\u003edevelop your English\u003c\/em\u003e online in this 5 week English book club course using the international bestseller The Correspondent.  \u003cspan\u003eEach week you \u003cem\u003eread\u003c\/em\u003e some chapters, \u003cem\u003ediscuss\u003c\/em\u003e them in class and \u003cem\u003eimprove\u003c\/em\u003e specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also \u003cem\u003eexamining\u003c\/em\u003e literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback \u003cem\u003eimproves\u003c\/em\u003e your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book Club book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Correspondent is a lovely read.  Told in letters, it is an example of an \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eepistolary novel.  Through her letters we get to understand the emotional complexity of our main character, the 73 year old Sybil Van Antwerp\u003c\/span\u003e.  Sybil has been a letter writer all her life - to friends, to family and to authors with comments on their books.  Yet somehow Sybil \u003cspan\u003ehas used her insightful and amusing correspondence to also keep those who love her at a distance.  And to one person she has written a letter many times, but never found the courage to send it.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGeoff says:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This book has had a huge, positive response around the world.  In Sybil Van Antwerp Virginia Evans has given the world of literature another memorable voice.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 19.0037%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 80.6273%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: epistolary novel; 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