The Elephant Man
β Scribed by Vicary, Tim
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 765 KB
- Series
- Oxford Bookworms: Stage 1 1
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him βThe Elephant Manβ. 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.
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