Made famous by the Disney film and widely known as a work of fiction, Kipling's story is simplified in this graded reader version. The file contains audio only, and if you have the text of the book. please share.
He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him 'The Elephant Man'. Then someone speaks to him - and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life. This is a true and tragic story. It is also a famous film.
Penny Hancock - Just Good Friends Cambr. Readers Level 3, read by Eve Karpf
It's Stephany and Max's first holiday away together and they want to get to know each other. They go to Italy and stay at Stephany's friend Carlo's flat in a Mediterranean village. But Carlo's wife is not very happy to see Stephany - and the two couples find out why, and a lot of other things about each other, in a hot Italian summer.
Penny Hancock - Just Good Friends
