Hotel Casanova Level 1

by Sue Leather, Philip Prowse (Consultant Editor)

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Life and death in Venice. A young man and a beautiful woman meet and fall in love in the most romantic city in the world. She makes his dreams come true, but what does the future hold for them and what price must they pay for their happiness? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Sue Leather has been in the ELT field for thirty years. Originally from the north west of England, between 1985 and 2000, she worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and educational manager in Spain, UK and the Netherlands. She has an MA in Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. She has written a number of articles for ELT journals and magazines, and is a frequent presenter at international conferences. In 2000, she set up her own consultancy group, Sue Leather Associates, and works on educational projects all over the world. Her main interests within ELT are materials development, teacher training and trainer training.

Sue has been writing original learner fiction since 1990, and has written some thirty readers . Her Dead Cold , published by Cambridge University Press, won the Extensive Reading Foundation award in 2005. Sue is currently Co-Series Editor for Page Turners, a series of original fiction for National Geographic/Cengage Learning. She now lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada, where she gains inspiration for her work.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Know what you want in life but be prepared to work hard for it. Getting what you want in really really easy way (like Carla bought Dino his Hotel) is probably not as good as it seems at first. (Carla his wife was actually a murderer).

[Melinda Brasher · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing and story seemed a bit more simplistic than necessary, even for this level, and the ending was rather deus ex machina, but for someone using this to practice English, the story was engaging.

[Pamela Zambrano]

genial

[Ayaka Sasai · Rating 3 out of 5]

11/18 Cambridge reading
75min.
Hotel beautiful job reception marry Goodlooking picture local elegant

Q. Main character like own work at the reception in big hotel. What do you think about him?!
A. I think that it is nice life because he is satisfied with his job. Recently most of people cannot be satisfied with own job. So he is happy and I want to become him like that.

Q. Main character was given hometown's pictures by a woman when his birthday. What is the most wonderful your presents?!

A. I was given Furby(toy) by my friends when my birthday last year. I wanted it. So I was so surprised. I cried a little.

Q. main character fall in love with the guest. When he is still at work, he meets her. Is that Ok?!

A. It is not Ok. He should work when he is still at work. He should meet her when he finish worked.

[Yurika Tokoro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cambridge, level 1

September 22=30 minutes

Venice/ Hotel/ Love/ Marry/ Kill/Escape/ Canal

'Amore, it's me.'
This book is written in English, but only in this passage, Italian word 'amore' is used instead of 'love'. I think it is romantic.

I have never been to Italy, but I could imagine what a beautiful place it is. Many descriptions are on it, so I think it is the good point of the book. On the other hand, the story moves a little bit fast, and I could not understand the development.

[Ryutaro Hamada · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. CAMBRIDGE, LEVEL1
2. 11/6: 90min
3. love, Italy, marry, hotel, call, money, gondola
4. Do you want to marry with a beautiful woman?
-Yes I do. But I think personality is more important.
5. This book was very good. It is about love. First Dino, the main character, love a woman. She is very beautiful and rich. But she has a lot of secrets. And then, new woman apper. It was very interesting story.

[Linh Tran · Rating 4 out of 5]

2024 English Reading

A reread. The story is about a young man who had planned his years ahead. One day he met a woman who he felt in love with and married her soon after. What he didn't know was that she would do anything to not let him go.