Adventure/Suspense
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Around 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 Orwell
The 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 Holmes
Father Brown
The Arrest of Arsène Lupin

Drama/Romance
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov
The 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 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
The Body Snatcher by R.L. Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Macbeth advanced

Comic
Diary of a Nobody
Three Men in a Boat
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock
My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant
Ding Dong Dave
Monkey Flies Economy

History
Titanic
Journal 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
  • Free for classroom use under CC Share alike licence - please share.
  • Easy Start - stories for young children

War of the Worlds * Animal Farm * Treasure Island * Arsène Lupin * Sherlock Homes * Oliver Twist