101 Conversations in Simple English

101 Conversations in Simple English: Short Natural Dialogues to Boost Your Confidence & Improve Your Spoken English (101 Conversations in English)

Character Profiles

Natalie

Natalie is a very observant and curious young woman. She studied History of Art at Oxford University in England. Her parents are English but she has lived in Spain all of her life. She loves to read, visit museums and draw.

Alice

Alice is a 28-year-old writer who writes mystery novels for an important English publishing company. She lives in Spain, with Natalie, but she loves to travel in England, her native country. Unlike Natalie, she does not like history and does not know much about art. She prefers reading mystery novels, watching horror movies and loves the outdoors.

Laurence Windsor

Laurence Windsor is a wealthy middle-aged man. He is the father of a young girl, named Mariana. Laurence has always been an avid art collector and his most prised collection contains a number of important 18th and 19th century English art works, including a number of paintings by the legendary English artist, William Turner.

Mariana Windsor

Mariana is the daughter of Laurence and she has inherited his love for collections. Mariana’s greatest passion is her collection of rare comics, which she passes her days reading in her bedroom.

Robert Green

Robert Green is an antiques dealer who has a shop in one of London’s oldest antiques markets. Robert is known for not being picky about the objects he receives. He will accept stolen objects and is just as ready to swindle the sellers he obtains objects from as he is to prey on innocent buyers. However, Robert doesn’t know very much about art, so he would not be capable of recognising a truly valuable work, even if it was right under his nose….

The Man in the Hat

This mysterious character has been seen visiting London’s antiques market and museums a lot lately. Nobody knows much about him, except that he seems to have a passion for art and history and he always keeps the brim of his hat down so it is hard to catch a clear glimpse of his face.