The Withered Arm

English level:
CEF level A1/A2STAGE 1 - Classics
DescriptionA woman and a man . . . words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her . . . It's an old story.Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time - today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it. Perhaps it is only a dream, or perhaps it is magic - a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms . . .
Key features* Word count 5,735Description
400 HEADWORDS
Average story length: 40 pages
Average word count: 5,200
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