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Penguin Readers 4: The Time Machine

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and...

Penguin Readers 5: Sons and Lovers

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) This moving story follows the emotional development of Paul Morel. Paul is torn between his passionate love for his mother and his romantic friendships with Miriam and...

Penguin Readers 1: Marcel and the Shakespeare Letters

Original / British English Marcel visits his friend, Henry, in London. Henry knows a professor and he has some very interesting letters by William Shakespeare! Marcel and Henry want to see the letters, but they are...

Penguin Readers 2: Persuasion

Classic / British English When they were very young, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were in love. They did not marry, but Anne never forgot her love for him. Now, many years later, they meet again. Does Wentworth...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Dino`s Day in London

Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. `Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o`clock?` he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. Be very nice to the boy`,...

Penguin Readers 2: Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rain Forest is the largest rain forest in the world. It is 10,000,000 years old and many different kinds of plants and animals live here. The forest is important for the world`s weather and wildlife, but it...

Penguin Readers 4: Cinderella Man

Contemporary / American English Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true story of Jim...

Penguin Readers 3: My Fair Lady

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) My Fair Lady is the story of a poor young flower-seller and a professor who doesn`t like women. The professor decides to teach the flower-seller to speak better...

Penguin Readers 3: The Black Cat and other stories

Classic / British English Are you brave enough to read four of Poe`s famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don`t read this book late at night!

Penguin Readers 5: Jane Eyre

Classic / British English Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night,...

Penguin Readers 6: Madame Bovary

Emma Bovary is a dreamer. She escapes from her boring life with her father by marrying Charles, a doctor, but married life does not bring her the love and excitement she expected. She looks for love outside her...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Simon and the Spy

Original / British English Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the...

Penguin Readers 1: Daniel Radcliffe

Level 1. 300 headwords. Beginner. Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language...

Penguin Readers 3: Sense and Sensibility

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings; Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They...

Penguin Active Reading 1: The Barcelona Game

Holly and her brothers go to Barcelona for a football game. First, Holly wants to see famous places in the city, but her brothers want to go to a funfair. Then a man takes Holly`s bag, and the tickets for the game are...

Penguin Readers 4: On the Beach

Nuclear war has destroyed all life in thenorthern countries of the world. Now the deadly radiation is travelling south. In Australia, where people are still alive, Peter and Mary Holmes are trying to live their lives...

Penguin Readers 1: Run for Your Life

Original / British English (Available February 2008) Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday...

Penguin Readers 2: London (+ Audio CD)

London is one of the great cities of the world. It is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe. In 1900, it was the biggest city in the world. In this book you will find a lot of interesting information about London....

Penguin Readers Easystarts: The Last Photo

Pam and Martin visit Cambridge. Pam takes a photo, but a man walks in front of her. Later Martin sees a picture of a man in a newspaper. The police want this man. Is he the same man? And where is he now? Does Pam`s...

Penguin Readers 3: StarGate

The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it, they travel millions of miles to a strange new world. There they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live? Will they find a way...

Penguin Readers 3: Hamlet

Classic / British English Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why? Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus, know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered...

Penguin Readers 3: Vanity Fair

Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find...

Penguin Readers 3: The Fugitive

Contemporary / British English Why did a man with one arm go into Dr Richard Kimble`s house and murder his wife? The police think Kimble did it. Kimble is wrongly put in prison but escapes. He wants one thing to find...

Penguin Readers 4: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Classic / British English An artist paints a picture of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. When he sees it, Dorian makes a wish that changes his life. As he grows older, his face stays young and handsome. But the...

Penguin Readers 2: Moby Dick

Classic / British English Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great...