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Penguin Readers Level 3"The Fall of the House of Usher" and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / American English (Available February 2008) There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher' and The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; The Maelstrom' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and The Stolen Letter ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 3: The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: Detective Work by John Escott
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Original / British English (Available April 2008) A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. Everyone who works at the museum could be guilty. But who really took the necklace, and why? The police suspect Paul, a young student. So Paul must find the real thief.
Penguin Readers Level 4: Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Doctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "Falling Leaves" by Adeline Yen Mah
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and trouble. At the same time, she suffered terrible unkindness from the members of her own family. Falling Leaves is a story of pa ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "Gladiator" by Dewey Gram
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Contemporary / American English (Available April 2008) Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodu ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Gone with the Wind is a great romantic story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. In Part 2, the American Civil War has destroyed Scarlett O'Hara's comfortable world. Will she lose her home too? Or can she save it and rebuild her ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Gone with the Wind is a story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. Part 1 follows the popular but selfish Scarlett O'Hara, the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes, and dangerous but charming Rhett Butler as their world is destroyed in the ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and Allan Quatermain are travelling to the mysterious, unmapped heart of Africa. Sir Henry wants to find his missing brother. Quatermain wants to find King Solomon's secret treasure. Is Sir Henry's brother still aliv ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4 : The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret li ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4: "The Doll's House" and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic/ British English (Available May 2008) Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.
Penguin Readers Level 4: "The Go-Between" by L.P. Hartley
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) It is the summer of 1900 and Leo is staying with his friend Marcus. Leo likes Marcus's beautiful older sister very much. To make her happy, he becomes a secret messenger for her and a local farmer. But then he realises what their messages are about, an ...Show more