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The Elephant Man
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#150; 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.
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First published June 1, 1983
About the author
Tim Vicary
91 books331 followersTim 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.
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.
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April 26, 2016
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
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
June 13, 2017
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.
هذه القصة تصنف من أجمل قصص اكسفورد التي قرأتُها في هذا المستوى.
July 28, 2017
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.
August 6, 2018
He tried to sleep on his back that night, but his heavy head came off the bed, and he broke his neck.
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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.
^
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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.
March 30, 2008
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.
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.
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April 22, 2015
my second experience of reading English story...
October 17, 2012
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.
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.
October 26, 2021
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..
September 4, 2019
من این کتاب رو به زبان اصلیش خوندم . خیلی قشنگ بود . و همینطور ناراحت کننده . واقعا میگم قشنگ بود
December 10, 2016
This book took 30 min. very easy. I need a hard book. ☺
May 17, 2017
the first book in English🙈💙
October 2, 2017
very heartbreak story and a poor man who had a very bad life :(
May 13, 2021
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
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
November 17, 2018
as I was reading this book, I expected more exciting ending, but I didn't find.
October 19, 2011
Homework :/
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October 13, 2008Great Book. The mans a fricking elephant dont get much better than that
July 29, 2017
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.
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.
January 12, 2023
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.
April 19, 2020
I hate death when it comes so fast to the kind hearts and leaves nothing but memories. Very harmful memories.
September 28, 2019
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.
March 10, 2021
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.
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January 21, 2014
Along reading I liked it but thought this was going to be a "ok" writing, then the ending came so sudden that my tears gushed! Now I call back the writer gave a very simple story almost with "no gorgeous vocabs" but touched deep down to my "human heart".
December 18, 2020
قصة جميلة وأعطيتها خمس نجوم لأن��ا 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.
July 19, 2017
A good book to start in the lenguage of the english
July 22, 2017
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.
January 28, 2019
It’s very short story. Life is very difficult for some people.
January 9, 2021
I love it and I feel so sad it sooooo goooood
February 15, 2021
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.
April 17, 2021
We are not in our body or what is look like. We are just in our mind and our heart.
September 23, 2017
He loved reading and talking about books. At first he did not know many books: the Bible, and one or two newspapers, that's all. But I gave him some books of love stories , and he liked them very much. He read them again and again, and talked about them often. For him, the men and women in these books were alive, like you and me. He was very happy.
He did not usually sleep on his back. His enormous head was very heavy, so he usually sat up in bed with his arms around his legs, and his head on his knees. He could sleep well like this.
But he wanted to sleep on his back like you and me. He tried to sleep on his back that night, but his heavy head came off the bed, and he broke his neck.
We are human beings dealing all the time with the same creatures, what hurts us ,amazingly :/, hurts them as well, maybe in a much deeper way for some "creatures".
This version is super simplified, maybe some day in the future I'll reread it. The certain thing is that I'm gonna watch the movie 3> by God's willing.
can't say I had fun, but I must confess, I felt humane... sometimes it's more important...
تمت بحمد الله
He did not usually sleep on his back. His enormous head was very heavy, so he usually sat up in bed with his arms around his legs, and his head on his knees. He could sleep well like this.
But he wanted to sleep on his back like you and me. He tried to sleep on his back that night, but his heavy head came off the bed, and he broke his neck.
We are human beings dealing all the time with the same creatures, what hurts us ,amazingly :/, hurts them as well, maybe in a much deeper way for some "creatures".
This version is super simplified, maybe some day in the future I'll reread it. The certain thing is that I'm gonna watch the movie 3> by God's willing.
can't say I had fun, but I must confess, I felt humane... sometimes it's more important...
تمت بحمد الله
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