A new edition of Heart of Darkness, the 1899 masterpiece by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a voyage up the Congo River into the Heart of Africa. The story is narrated by Charles Marlow, recalling his obsessive quest to locate the ivory trader Kurtz, who has become ensconced deep in the jungle managing a remote outpost. As he ventures further and further down the Congo, Marlow finds himself and his surroundings become increasingly untethered....

Victor Frankenstein wants to make his own creature from stolen body parts. But when the creature is finished, Frankenstein is shocked by his creation and runs away. Lonely and angry, the creature plans to kill his maker and all the people that Frankenstein loves. Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. Level 5 Readers,...

"Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has an illness and can't remember anything for very long. She writes notes to herself to help her remember things. But on day, Flora kisses a boy and she remembers it. Flora must find the boy who kissed her and learn why she still has that one memory." -- back cover.

ELT graded reading series for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language. Penguin Readers introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Boys Don't Cry, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. Seventeen-year-old Dante is waiting for his exam results. If they are good, he'll go to university. But Dante's plans have to change when he hears that he is the father of a baby girl. With the help...

"When Ellis gets a job in Brooklyn, New York, she leaves her family in Ireland to travel to a new country.... When she meets someon special, Ellis must choose between her past and her future"--Back cover.

"Harold Fry lives a quiet, ordinary life in England. But when he gets a phone call and learns that his old friend Queenie Hennessey is dying, he decides to post her a letter to her home 500 miles away. As he walks to the post box, Harold begins to think about his past and his family. He decides on walking until he reaches Queenie."--Publisher.