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Penguin Readers Level 3: A Christmas Carol (ELT Graded Reader)
  • Published: 25 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241803530
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 80

Penguin Readers Level 3: A Christmas Carol (ELT Graded Reader)

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22 Mar 2027
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25 Feb 2027
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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 and language practise activities, 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. Extra online resources, like audio, are not available with an eBook purchase.

A Christmas Carol, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

Scrooge is an angry old man who hates helping people. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts visit and show him the mistakes of his past, present, and future. Scrooge feels very worried and sad. Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Can he change and become kind?

  • Published: 25 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241803530
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 80
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About the author

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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