The Elephant Man Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Oxford Bookworms: Stage 1

by Tim Vicary

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary

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.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics, School, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Literature

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

Tim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi.

His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.

Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.

Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.

Reviews

[Agir(آگِر) · Rating 4 out of 5]

این کتاب کوچولو تاثیر عمیق محبت در زندگی آدمی را نشون میده
و همین باعث می شه نتونم کمتر از 4 ستاره به کتاب بدم

قهرمان داستان که بخاطر چهره زشتش مورد تمسخر مردم بوده، مجبور به انزوا شده است
ولی بعد آنکه مورد محبت انسان ها قرار می گیرد رشد فکری و روحی می یابد و حتی با حیوانات و پرندگان و گل ها هم دوست می شود
در مورد گل ها چنین می گوید: هر روز آنها را آب می دهم . می دانی گل ها همیشه تشنه اند
با خوندن این جملات با خودم فک می کردم آیا ما هم بمانند این گل ها نیستیم؟


از محبت خارها گل می شود
وز محبت دیو حوری می شود
از محبت تلخها شیرین شود
وز محبت مسها زرین شود
از محبت مرده زنده می شود
از محبت حزن شادی می شود
..بی محبت موم آهن می شود
مولانا

[Abrar Alarjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story about a sad man but he did not talk about himself, I'm sad, this story makes me feel human value

هذه القصة تصنف من أجمل قصص اكسفورد التي قرأتُها في هذا المستوى.

[Siti Shifa' · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read about the story before but this was my first time reading it in the form of a book. I cried towards the end. A person can have so much love in his heart yet considered ugly due to his looks. But a person can be beautiful yet be ugly on the inside.

[Zajafary · Rating 4 out of 5]

my second experience of reading English story...

[هالةْ أمين · Rating 3 out of 5]

He tried to sleep on his back that night, but his heavy head came off the bed, and he broke his neck.
^
^
This is the most tragical end you can imagine :(

I saw the movie long time ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/...

of course it had more details than this short cut story
but it's give you the main idea about The Elephant Man.

[Cristina Villarreal · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is really good for people who is starting english like me.
It talks about a man named Merrick. He is very very ugly because he looks like a elephant and everybody laugh at him for his face.
At the end he dies because he sleep in the wrong side. His skin was all blue.

[اسيا · Rating 4 out of 5]

the first book in English🙈💙

[Clara Vu]

Reading 20 page children’s books to not fail my goodreads challenge

[Eri Chitema · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took 80 min. to read this.

7 words to summarize
- Elephant
- body
- show tent
- a man
- to love
- a doctor
- disable

What is the part of your body which you dislike?
- It's my legs. I don't like my legs because of muscle.
If you were a disable person or not healthy, How would you feel?
- I couldn't accept my body. However, I would try to become cheerful.

[Aisha Al-Jaber · Rating 3 out of 5]

لم أكن اتخيل أن القصة حقيقية.. لن أتكلم عن جوهر القصة و إنما أريد أن أقول ما كان يدور في رأسي طيلة قراءتي لهذه القصة.. و هي الآية التي طالما رددتها صديقتي على مسامعي "و من أحياها فكأنما أحيا الناس جميعا" ما قام به الطبيب تجاه هذا الشاب هو إحياء لهذه الروح التي كادت ان تهترء و تموت في مكان قذر و لن يسمع بها احد..

[Hamidreza · Rating 5 out of 5]

من این کتاب رو به زبان اصلیش خوندم . خیلی قشنگ بود . و همینطور ناراحت کننده . واقعا میگم قشنگ بود

[Fadikuş · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book took 30 min. very easy. I need a hard book. ☺

[Dalal · Rating 4 out of 5]

very heartbreak story and a poor man who had a very bad life :(

[Negar Safari · Rating 3 out of 5]

as I was reading this book, I expected more exciting ending, but I didn't find.

[Elina · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5
اممم نمیدونم🤔
من ورژن oxford bookworms ِش رو خوندم و شاید زیادی خلاصه بود و همین باعث شد حس خاصی ازش نگیرم
شاید باید دوباره بخونمش
نمیدونم
1400/2/23

[Mane043 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Homework :/

[Joe]

Great Book. The mans a fricking elephant dont get much better than that

[Amin elahifard · Rating 3 out of 5]

عنوان: مرد فیل چهره؛ نویسنده: تیم ویکاری؛ ؛ موضوع: رمان
موضوع داستان در مورد مردی است که به صورت مادر زادی چهره و اندامی شبیه به فیل دارد، و همین مسیله باعث بوجود آمدن سختی و ناملایمات بسیاری برای او شده است. در یک مقطع حضور یک انسان با محبت در زندگیش باعث تغییر همه چیز شده و نویسنده سعی دارد اثر محبت در زندگی انسانها و نحوه برخورد آنها با همنوعان خود را نشان دهد.

[Schwarzer_Elch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tan entretenido como simple. Disfruté mucho de su lectura, pero estoy seguro de que se trata de esas lecturas que, tarde o temprano, terminan por caer en el olvido.

[Blackedpoison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hate death when it comes so fast to the kind hearts and leaves nothing but memories. Very harmful memories.

[Gabo Reyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sin duda un libro perfecto para practicar mi inglés adicional que la historia es tan triste pero con un toque de extrema felicidad, sin duda todos somos humanos y cómo humanos nos deberíamos de cuidar mutuamente, pero somos una especie muy fea.

[Magaly · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
No pude parar de leer este libro. Muy bueno para la gente que está aprendiendo inglés. Tiene un inglés muy sencillo. La historia me hizo buscar más sobre este hombre que sí existió de verdad.
Lástima el final triste pero al menos fue feliz los últimos años de su vida

[Falling the Darkness · Rating 5 out of 5]

Çok severek okudum. Joseph Merrick' e insanların bakış açısı beni derinden etkiledi . O her insan kadar şanslı değildi ama insanlar bunu gazeteye ya da ünlü bir yere çıkınca anladılar çok yanlış bir davranış insanı üzüyor bu bir gerçek hikâyedir . Kitabın filmide vardır sunumum bitince izleyeceğim .Benim ikinci ya da üçüncü İngilizce kitap deneyimimdi. Az çok speaking yapabiliyorsanız anlarsınız. Hiç bir zorlanma yaşamazsınız. Grammer bilmek önemli değil kitabı okuyabilmek için . İngilizce'nizide ilerleyebilirsiniz. Bu kitap benim sunumum içindi . Soru -cevap için okulda öğretmenimiz yaptırıyor iyiki de yaptırmış böyle güzel bir kitaptan mahrum kalırdım yoksa çünkü Türkçe çevirisi hiçbir yayınevinde yok İngilizce baskısını da Oxford'dan almanızı öneririm çünkü karıştırılan sözcüklerin çevirisi var.

[أحمد الردعي · Rating 5 out of 5]

قصة جميلة وأعطيتها خمس نجوم لأنها تؤدي الغرض الذي اشتريتها لأجله، كنت أبحث عن قصة أو رواية قصيرة بالانجليزية بأسلوب سهل وكلمات سهلة لأعود نفسي على القراءة بهذه اللغة. من وجد في نفسه مثل أسبابي فلا يتردد في قراءتها.

[Caique Peixoto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essa é a versão mais curta, uma press em inglês da universidade de Oxford.

É um bom resumo que consegue condensar bem a carga dramática da história, fiquei com vontade de rever o filme, de ler o livro original e de ver mais a beleza das coisas. Muito bonito!

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to start in the lenguage of the english

[Abdullah Hussaini · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my first english book i read. It was when im 7yo and i can easily understand this stories. Today, if i read english book, immediately i remember this book.

[November Z · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s very short story. Life is very difficult for some people.

[Hm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love it and I feel so sad it sooooo goooood

[Ranette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always find it very upsetting to see the way humanity treats those who are different. This poor man had many difficult years before finding friends.