Graded reading & listening
Complete stories, short extracts & narrative poems from world literature.
With illustrations, worksheets, audio & video etc. All free to access
Text & audio adapted by specialist author.
English language level Intermediate (A2/B1) unless indicated. Extracts marked (e) and poems (p)
Adventure/Suspense
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (A2)Around the World in 80 Days (A2/B1) e
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (A2) e
Animal Farm by George Orwell (A2/B1)
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (A2/B1)
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (A2/B1)
Treasure Island (A2) Robert Louis Stevenson
The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells (A2/B1)
Jaws - never go back in the water (age 12+) e
Detective/Crime
Sherlock Holmes (A2/B1)Father Brown (A2/B1) G.K Chesterton
The Arrest of Arsène Lupin (A2/B1)
The Maltese Falcon (B1/2) Sam Spade murder mystery e
Drama/Romance(B1/2)
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton ChekhovThe Old Jest by Jennifer Johnston e
War and Peace (A2/B1) by Leo Tolstoy (’Natasha’s dance’) e
Pale Horse, Pale Rider tragic romance based on a true story from Spanish Fu pandemic
Harvest Moon - love & loss in London
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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 Walter de la Mare p
The Body Snatcher by R.L. Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde R.L. Stevenson e
Macbeth advanced Language level: B2)
Comic
Diary of a Nobody - Adventures of Mr PooterThree Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome e
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock
My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant
Ding Dong Dave * Monkey Flies Economy *
Raining Cows* Pants Suit funny stories of American life
History/Real Events
TitanicJournal of a Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Mary Celeste Mystery * Staplehurst Train Disaster
Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning - two poets, a mad dad & Flush the dog
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
A Thief Regrets - robber turns life around
Stories for very young learners here