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Original British EnglishA girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Ca...

On the beach near Nicks home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nicks father is not happy. Can Nick win the...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Katrina Kirby is a detective. People call her K. There has been a murder in a big country house. K knows that one of five people murdered Sir Michael Gray. Who did it How Why This is a detective story...

Fifteen-year old John renchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. When John accidentally learns a...

Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous pictureGirl with a Pearl Ear-ring. What can Kat...

After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. Bu...

Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him How will he talk to them And why are the Big-enders fig...

Contemporary British English These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. Theres the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird ...

Classic British English The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who ha...

Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the detective story and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental il...

Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale A...

Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isnt easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem Will pride and prejudic...

Memoirs of a Geisha is one of the great stories of our time.We follow Sayuris life her early years in a small fishing village and as a geisha in Gion.And throughout her struggle, we know of her secret...

In London, Christmas is coming and the people in this story have love on their minds. Some have found love some have lost it. Some accept their loneliness others live in hope. Even the new British pri...

His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagins gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ...

Paul is shy and Judy has no friends. Oliver is afraid of other boys. Jane and Leo cant talk about their feelings, and Sue lies to her boyfriends. These five short plays tell the stories of young peopl...

Contemporary / American EnglishThe horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you.Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi.

British English Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll Who is the evil little man And why does he seem to have power over the doctor After a terrible murder, everyone is looking...

This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men one French, one English, but very similar in appearance are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the ...

Who killed Charles McCarthy at Boscombe Pool And why Detective Lestrade from Scotland Yard thinks it was McCarthys son, James. Things do not look good for James. But the famous English detective, Sher...

A man fell from a very tall building. Why didnt he die Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat What fell out of an old mans ear, and why did everybody laugh And how did a cow fly Find...

Classic British English Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he...

The Time Traveller construiu uma máquina do tempo e tem ido para o futuro, para o ano de 802.701. Ele espera encontrar um mundo melhor com pessoas altamente inteligentes e grandes invenções. Em vez di...

The Time Traveller construiu uma máquina do tempo e tem ido para o futuro, para o ano de 802.701. Ele espera encontrar um mundo melhor com pessoas altamente inteligentes e grandes invenções. Em vez di...

Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good ki...

Johnny English is a Secret Service agent. He often makes very bad mistakes. But now hes got an important job security for the Queen and her crown. There are problems a lot of problems. But is Johnny ...

Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest id...