Romance

Read Romance Classics in English

40 romance 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 romance classics to read in English as a learner?

The best romance classics for English learners are the well-known titles you can read in the original — start with Orpheus and Eurydice, Sonnets from the Portuguese and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 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.

40: books

Romance classics, page 1 of 1 — chapters and CEFR level
Title	Chapters	Level
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	16	B2–C1
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast	32	B2–C1
A Honeymoon in Space	20	B2–C2
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill	31	B2–C2
A Tale of Two Cities	45	C1–C2
A pair of blue eyes	40	C1–C2
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)	27	C1–C2
Carmen	4	C1–C2
Catriona	30	B2–C2
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography	38	C1–C2
Lady Audley's Secret	41	C1–C2
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy	47	B1–C1
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor	75	C1–C2
Manon Lescaut	13	C1–C2
Pride and Prejudice	61	C1–C2
Sense and Sensibility	50	C1–C2
The Blue Castle: a novel	46	B1–C1
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance	49	B2–C2
The Count of Monte Cristo	117	B2–C2
The Daughter of Anderson Crow	37	B2–C1
The Enchanted April	22	B2–C2
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance	60	C1–C2
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot	33	B2–C1
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay	77	C1–C2
The Monk: A Romance	12	C1–C2
The Mysteries of Udolpho	57	C1–C2
The Phantom of the Opera	26	B2–C2
The Real Adventure	49	B2–C1
The Red Lily — Complete	34	C1–C2
The Scarlet Letter	24	C1–C2
The Yeoman Adventurer	26	B2–C2
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel	61	B2–C2
Undine	10	B2–C1
White nights, and other stories	32	C1–C2
Wuthering Heights	34	C1–C2
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult	15	B2–C1
Complete Short Works of George Meredith	56	C1–C2
The Green Mouse	16	B2–C2
That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day	72	C1–C2
The Gay Cockade	14	B2–C2