Graded reading & listening
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Text and audio graded for age & language English language level Intermediate (A2/B1) unless indicated)
War of the Worlds * Christmas Carol * Animal Farm * Treasure Island * Arsène Lupin * Sherlock Homes * Oliver Twist * Canterville Ghost * Gulliver’s Travels * The Maltese Falcon * Jaws * Diary of a Nobody * Prisoner of Zenda
Adventure/Suspense
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (A2)Around the World in 80 Days (A2/B1)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (A2)
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+)
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
Drama/Romance(B1/2)
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton ChekhovThe Old Jest by Jennifer Johnston
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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Language level: A2/B1 unless indicated
Ghost/Horror
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
A 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
The Body Snatcher by R.L. Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde R.L. Stevenson
Macbeth advanced Language level: B2)
Comic
Diary of a Nobody - Adventures of Mr PooterThree Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome
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