OBWL 1: The Elephant Man

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.

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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.