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passage 11 : passage 7 on the list

ben, family, passage, place, this

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Passage 11 p81 “She was at the end of a long ward...” to p83 “ 'None of us have seen anything like it,' said the young man.” This passage takes place several weeks after Ben has been taken to an institution in the north of England. The whole family have...

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Passage 10 : passage 6 on the list

ben, family, harriet, that, this

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Passage 10 p71 “Around the table sat Dorothy, with Amy on her lap...” to p74 “At once. Tomorrow.” This passage is situated in the second half of the novel. Ben is now three years old. He expresses himself with simple straight forward sentences to say...

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Revisions for the bac

character, situation, text, this, what

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Get ready for the bac! (Bac L LV1) The exam : You will have to read a text, answer questions about it, write an essay which will or will not be related to the content of the text (14 points total) and translate a part of this text (6 points). Revision...

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passage 8 on the list

ben, family, harriet, passage, this

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Passage 8 p94 “And where was Ben?” to p96 “The pressure of those inhuman eyes of his had entered her sleep and woken her.” In this passage, Harriet sees Ben outside his home for the first time after taking him home from the institution and it changes...

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Passage 9 : passage 5 on the list

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Passage 9 I know, this little terrier is really cute and it's difficult to imagine strangling it... but not for Ben ! pages 62, 63 and 64 "Towards the end of the holidays..." to " 'Everything has gone a long way beyond. Period.' Said Dorothy." Facts :...

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Passage 6 : passage 3 on the list

harriet, her, she, that, this

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Passage 6 From page 43 "Happiness had returned and sat at the table with them" to page 45 "She could not believe that David did not see it." Where in the novel : This passage is situated towards the end of Harriet 's fifth pregnancy which has been extremely...

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Passage 4 : passage 2 on the list

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Passage 4: A difficult pregnancy Page 31 "Even before the crowd gathered before the Christmas of 1973, Harriet was pregnant again." to page 33 "Very well, I suppose I'll have to come then." Intro & situation in the novel : After falling in love at a New...

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Passage 2 - passage 1 on the list

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Passage 2 : Harriet and David have just acquired the Victorian house they had been dreaming of. The passage describes how they take possession of their new home. Facts : H&D use their own key to enter the house and go from room to room imagining their...

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