Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text new illustrations and language learning exercises the print
edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular
classics exciting contemporary fiction and thought-provoking non-fiction introducing
language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin
Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR).
Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar vocabulary
and key exam skills. Before during and after-reading questions test readers' story
comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the
print edition readers can unlock online resources including a digital book audio edition
lesson plans and answer keys. Oliver Twist's parents are dead and he grows up in the workhouse
where life is very hard. One day Oliver runs away to London. There he enters a life of crime
with the old man Fagin the Artful Dodger frightening Bill Sykes and kind-hearted Nancy. How
will Oliver live in this dangerous world?
