C2 – Proficient
Native-level English, including idiomatic expressions, literary language, and subtle themes. Suitable for learners who read fluently and want to challenge themselves with demanding texts.
Summary Baudolino is a historical novel that weaves together fact and fiction, myth and reality, in a captivating tale of adventure, deception and the power of storytelling. Set against the backdrop of the 12th and early 13th centuries, the novel follows the life of Baudolino, a peasant boy from Alessandria, Italy, who is adopted by […]
Foucault’s Pendulum – Summary Foucault’s Pendulum is a complex and intellectually stimulating novel that weaves together elements of conspiracy theories, historical mysteries, and philosophical musings. The story revolves around three editors working at a vanity press in Milan: Casaubon, Jacopo Belbo and Diotallevi. Initially sceptical of the occult manuscripts they encounter in their work, they
The Name of the Rose – Summary Set in the year 1327, “The Name of the Rose” follows Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his young novice Adso of Melk as they arrive at a wealthy Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy. Their visit coincides with a theological debate between Franciscans and papal emissaries, but they
White Gold Wielder Summary White Gold Wielder is the gripping conclusion to Stephen Donaldson’s Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The story begins with Thomas Covenant, Linden Avery, and the Giants of the Search returning to the Land after their defeat on the Isle of the One Tree. Their journey is fraught with peril as they
The One Tree Summary Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery embark on a perilous quest to find the mythical One Tree, seeking to forge a new Staff of Law to save the Land from corruption. Following a vision from the Clave at Revelstone, they set sail with a crew of Giants and Haruchai bodyguards. Their journey
The Wounded Land Summary “The Wounded Land” is the first book in the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series, set four thousand years after the events of the original trilogy. Thomas Covenant, the reluctant hero and leper from our world, finds himself once again transported to the Land, a realm he once saved from the
The Power that Preserves – Summary The Power that Preserves is the final instalment of Stephen R. Donaldson’s first Chronicles of Thomas Covenant trilogy. The story begins with Thomas Covenant back in his own world, devastated by the loss of Elena and struggling with the paradox of his experiences in the Land. His leprosy has
The Illearth War Summary “The Illearth War” is the second instalment in Stephen Donaldson’s “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” series. The story continues the journey of Thomas Covenant, a man afflicted with leprosy who finds himself transported to a magical realm known as the Land. In this sequel, set forty years after the events of
Lord Foul’s Bane Summary Thomas Covenant, a writer afflicted with leprosy, finds himself transported from our world to a magical realm called the Land after an accident. Initially believing he’s hallucinating due to his illness, Covenant struggles with the reality of this new world where he’s mistaken for a legendary hero. The Land is a
