Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign 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.
A Tale of Two Cities, 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.
After eighteen years in the Bastille prison, Dr Manette finally leaves France and goes to live with his daughter, Lucie, in England. There, two very different men fall in love with Lucie. Lucie finds happiness, but in France a storm is coming. Soon, Lucie and her family must face the French Revolution, and one man must give Lucie everything he has.
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Charles Dickens Imprint: PENGUIN GROUP USA Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 8mm
Weight: 103g ISBN:9780241589182 ISBN 10: 0241589185 Series:Penguin Graded Readers Pages: 112 Publication Date:16 March 2023 Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years Audience:
Young adult
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Children/juvenile
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Preschool (0-5)
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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.