Adventure/Suspense
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftAround the World in 80 Days
Jaws by Peter Benchley (age 12+)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Classic Novels
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Treasure Island
The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells
Detective/Crime
Sherlock HolmesFather Brown
The Arrest of Arsène Lupin
Drama/Romance
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton ChekhovThe Old Jest by Jennifer Johnston
The Long Black Veil
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Harvest Moon - love & loss in London
Ghost/Horror
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Signalman by Charles Dickens
Whistle and I’ll Come by M.R James
Man-Size-in-Marble by E. Nesbit
The Listeners poem
The Body Snatcher by R.L. Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Macbeth advanced
Comic
Diary of a NobodyThree Men in a Boat
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock
Ding Dong Dave
Monkey Flies Economy
History
TitanicJournal of a Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Staplehurst Train Disaster
Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
A Thief Regrets - robber turns life around
Mary Celeste Mystery
Stories for very young learners here
About these stories
- Text and audio graded for age & language English language level
- Materials broadly at Intermediate (A2/B1) unless indicated)
- Worksheets, presentations & other teaching materials
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- Easy Start - stories for young children
War of the Worlds * Animal Farm * Treasure Island * Arsène Lupin * Sherlock Homes * Oliver Twist
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