Adventure

Read Adventure Classics in English

1,927 adventure books at CEFR A2 to C2 — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Select any word for an instant translation, listen to the narration read the page aloud, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free sample.

What are the best adventure classics to read in English as a learner?

The best adventure classics for English learners are the well-known titles you can read in the original — start with Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara, Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands;: The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and Zero the Slaver: A Romance of Equatorial Africa. Each one is labelled with a CEFR level, any word you do not know is one selection away from a translation, and the narration reads the page aloud while it highlights the words.

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Adventure classics, page 41 of 41 — chapters and CEFR level
TitleChaptersLevel
Carmen4C1
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World39C1
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor75C1
Paul Clifford — Complete36C1
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself12C1
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare15C1
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 184631C1

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