Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
Great Expectations, a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future continuous, reported questions, third conditional, was going to and ellipsis. A small number of illustrations support the text.
When the orphan Pip is taken to the house of Miss Havisham, he meets and falls in love with Estella. Estella is beautiful but cold and Pip decides that he will become rich so that he can marry her. Later he learns that somebody has given him a lot of money, but Pip does not know who this person is.
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Charles Dickens Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 128mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 100g ISBN:9780241463338 ISBN 10: 0241463335 Series:Penguin ELT Readers Pages: 96 Publication Date:05 January 2021 Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years Audience:
ELT/ESL
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Young adult
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Children's (6-12)
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His many books include Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol.