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1984, Level 4, Penguin Readers (Penguin Readers: Level 4)

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Was expecting full version and had to send it back. Was charged more for shipping then what I paid for book

Just so you know, the Penguin Readers series was created for readers whose whose first language is not English (ESL students) and for young readers. Don't expect the full version. These are great books for ESL students and I have my students read them. Level 4 is approximately intermediate level.

A book about stopping oppression, tyranny, totalitarianism, and censorship gets dubbed into a simple censored version. An insult to the original book. People might say that this makes it more accessible to more people, but it doesn't. It doesn't because unless they read the full book they won't understand the real meaning, they'll understand some person at penguin readers opinion.

I expected to receive a copy of the entire book '1984'...instead I received something like a Cliff's notes but really dumbed-down. I won't return it because shipping it back (in addition to shipping expenses incurred initially) would end up costing as much as the book! A HUGE disappointment :(

This is a wonderful, although depressing, book. I bought it for my granddaughter for Christmas because it was on her list. However, I did not pay attention to the rating as far as scolastic rating and it is far too simple for her. That is my only problem with the book. I do not recall if that was clearly explained in the ordering process. But that has nothing to do with the story which is amazing. It was much more alarming when I first read it in 1962, however, than it is now.