Penguin Readers 5

2001: A Space Odyssey

"2001: A Space Odyssey" – a great film and a famous novel. An object is found on the Moon. Who made it? Men travel into space to find out – a billion kilometres to the rings of Saturn. Something is waiting for them…

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) Four Weddings and a Funeral one of the most successful films from Britain. It`s a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus...

Heart of Darkness

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. There, in the...

Jamaica Inn

When her mother dies, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and uncle at Jamaica Inn. Strange things happen there at night, and Mary slowly discovers that she and her aunt are in terrible danger. Can she save herself...

Outstanding Short Stories

Classic / British English This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens....

Pride and Prejudice

Classic / British English Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isn`t easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem? Will pride...

Round the World in Eighty Days

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time...

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Penguin Readers New Edition Level 5 Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Book

Stories of Detection and Mystery

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Is Alix`s new husband really going to murder her for her money? Who has killed the young Englishman on his return from America? And why have a young couple suddenly...

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the detective story` and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people...

Taste and Other Tales

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) In this collection of Roald Dahl`s finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure he can hear plants...

The Invisible Man

Classic / British English A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover...

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Classic / British English Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him...

The Rainmaker

Contemporary / American English I have no job. I have no money. I have debts I can`t pay. I do, however, have a case. Rudy Baylor is ready to finish law school but loses his first job before he has even started. Then...

The Talented Mr Ripley

Tom Ripley goes to Italy. He needs to find Dickie Greenleaf. Dickie’s father wants him to go back to America. But Tom wants to stay in Italy, and he will do anything to get what he wants. The Talented Mr Ripley is now...

The War of the Worlds

"The War of the Worlds" is one of the most frightening science fiction novels ever written. When a spaceship falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But when strange creatures climb...

World FolkTales

Classic / American English These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.

Wuthering Heights

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) On the wild and lonely Yorkshire moors, a tragic story unfolds as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall in love. But it is a dangerous love, filled with unhappiness...