Romance
Read Romance Classics in English
2,361 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 Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara, Zibeline — Complete and Young Earnest: The Romance of a Bad Start in Life. 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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Level B2RomanceA Bachelor's ComedyA young clergyman arrives in a quiet village to take up his new post, eager to shed his boyish image and embrace a fresh start.
Level C1RomanceA Bachelor HusbandMarie Chester’s childhood bond with Christopher, her adopted brother, turns complicated as they grow apart and he drifts into a distant, patronizing figure.
Level B2Romance'Way Down East: A Romance of New England LifeAt a vibrant Harvard-Yale football game, Anna Moore steps into Boston’s high society under the watchful eye of her ambitious chaperone, captivating everyone with her mysterious bea…
Level C1Romance'Gloria Victis!' A RomanceIn the elegant Parisian spring, the Baroness Melkweyser wrestles with a delicate mission to unite two powerful families, while young Gabrielle Truyn navigates the complexities of l…
Level B2Romance"Wanted, a Young Lady" : A Farce, in One ActIn an old country mansion, a young man arrives to find his absent relatives and a quirky servant who’s anything but helpful—soon, mistaken identities and family secrets set the sta…
Level C1Romance"No. 101"In 1745, amid secret negotiations and a looming war, a mysterious cipher known only as "No.
Level C1Romance"Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame"In the glittering Paris opera box, a striking young American beauty sits with her unnoticed, somber husband—dubbed "Le Monsieur de la petite Dame"—igniting whispers and intrigue am…
Level B2Romance"Farewell"An impoverished orphan and shop assistant encounters a graceful, aristocratic lady who unknowingly drops a precious purse, sparking an unexpected connection that challenges social…
Level B2Romance"A Daily Rate."On her birthday, Celia Murray waits in a dreary boarding house for a letter that might change her lonely life, finding small comfort in mending worn clothes and imagining the warmt…
Level B2Science FictionA Honeymoon in SpaceThe classic science-fiction novel by George Chetwynd Griffith.
Level B2RomanceA Romance of Billy-Goat HillThe classic romance novel by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice.
Level C1ClassicsA Tale of Two CitiesThe classic historical novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1RomanceA pair of blue eyesThe classic romance novel by Thomas Hardy.
Level C2RomanceAnna KareninaThe classic romance novel by Leo, graf Tolstoy.
Level C1RomanceCamille (La Dame aux Camilias)The classic romance novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level C1RomanceCarmenThe classic mystery novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Level B2AdventureCatrionaThe classic romance novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C2RomanceEloisa : $b or, A series of original lettersThe classic romance novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Level C2PoetryErotica RomanaThe classic romance novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Level C2ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe classic classics novel by Henry Fielding.
Level C1RomanceJane Eyre: An AutobiographyThe classic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë.
Level C1MysteryLady Audley's SecretThe classic mystery novel by M.
Level C2ClassicsLes MisérablesThe classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.
Level B1Children'sLittle Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyThe classic childrens novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Level C1RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorThe classic romance novel by R.
Level C1RomanceManon LescautThe classic romance novel by abbé Prévost.
Level C2ClassicsMiddlemarchThe classic romance novel by George Eliot.
Level C1RomancePride and PrejudiceWit, pride and slow-burning love in the drawing rooms of Regency England.
Level C2RomanceRomeo and JulietThe classic romance novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C1RomanceSense and SensibilityThe classic romance novel by Jane Austen.
Level B1RomanceThe Blue Castle: a novelThe classic romance novel by L.
Level B2RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by H.
Level B2AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
Level B2MysteryThe Daughter of Anderson CrowThe classic mystery novel by George Barr McCutcheon.
Level B2RomanceThe Enchanted AprilThe classic romance novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
Level C2ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, CompleteThe classic romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Level C1RomanceThe History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by Lucas Malet.
Level C2PoetryThe Lady of the LakeThe classic romance novel by Walter Scott.
Level B2RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootThe classic romance novel by Holman Day.
Level C1RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayThe classic romance novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Level C1HorrorThe Monk: A RomanceThe classic horror novel by M.
Level C1GothicThe Mysteries of UdolphoThe classic mystery novel by Ann Ward Radcliffe.
Level B2GothicThe Phantom of the OperaThe classic mystery novel by Gaston Leroux.
Level B2RomanceThe Real AdventureThe classic romance novel by Henry Kitchell Webster.
Level C1RomanceThe Red Lily — CompleteThe classic romance novel by Anatole France.
Level C1ClassicsThe Scarlet LetterThe classic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Level B2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level B2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.