This is the iPhone version. Enjoy this famous story, written for learners of English, and improve your English. Read it, listen to it, and look up words you don’t know in the glossary. Colour illustrations help you understand important parts of the story. When you finish reading, see how many questions you can get right in the quiz.

• Listen to a real voice reading the story
• Read this story and you will read 5,400 words
• The Elephant Man is a Stage 1 Oxford Bookworm
• Oxford Bookworms go from Starter to Stage 6, from beginner to advanced level

The story:
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.

Are you learning English? Enjoy a great story, have fun, and improve your language with Oxford Bookworms! The Elephant Man has been specially written for language learners by Tim Vicary. Research shows that the more you read, the more your language improves.