by L.P. Hartley · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582275270
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«The Go-Between» is L. P. Hartley's novel in a simplified edition, published by Longman in paperback (160 pages, in English).
Leo recalls the summer when, as a child, he stays at an English country estate, befriends the farmer Ted, and acts as a secret messenger between him and Marian, a young woman of the house. The letters he carries confront him with a game of desire and deceit that will mark his loss of innocence in Edwardian society.
Part of the Longman Fiction collection; originally published in 1953 and simplified by Roland John and Judith Brown, with exercises for the Cambridge First Certificate.
For upper-intermediate English students looking for an adapted reading of a classic.
Leslie Poles Hartley was an English novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his best-known works are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1944–1947) and The Go-Between (1953). The latter was made into a film in 1971, as was his 1957 novel The Hireling in 1973.
