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Pale Horse, Pale Rider (B2)
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Free download - complete adapted version

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Denver, 1918

A young journalist meets a soldier waiting to go the war in Europe. They fall in love. Then she falls ill

Before Reading (B1)

Listen to the beginning of the story and answer these question.

  1. Who is Miranda happy to see? Why is he happy?

  2. Where do they meet?

  3. Where do they walk?

  4. What do they stop for?

  5. What do they agree to do at the end

Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939) by Katherine Anne Power is the autobiographical story of a tragic romance during the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Complete story - free download * epub version (for kindle etc)

Adapted extracts/worksheets: English language level: B2+

  1. Adam and Miranda (reading worksheet) * Listening Worksheet

  2. Something Wrong.

  3. Fever Dream

  4. Time for Everything

  5. The Letter

    Original Text * About Pale Horse, Pale Rider *

    Listening Worksheet Teaching Notes

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