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Read Classic Literature in English
Learn English by reading the books worth reading. Every title is a graded reader — tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet as you go. Pick your level and start with a free chapter.
ClassicsWar and Peace
HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself
PhilosophyHegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 3 (of 3)
ClassicsOliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)
RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A Novel
RomanceCamille (La Dame aux Camilias)
MysteryThe Daughter of Anderson Crow
RomanceA pair of blue eyes
RomanceThe Real Adventure
AdventureKidnapped
ClassicsDavid Copperfield
MysteryThe Moonstone
FantasyUndine
HorrorGhost Stories of an Antiquary
RomanceThe Gay Cockade
PhilosophyOn Liberty
MysteryPaul Clifford — Complete
ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete
MysteryFriday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
Science FictionA Honeymoon in Space
HorrorThe Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
HistoricalEighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
MysteryLady Audley's Secret
AdventureCatriona
RomanceA Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A Romance
MysteryThe Woman in White
RomanceThe Red Lily — Complete
RomanceAnna Karenina
GothicThe Phantom of the Opera
RomanceComplete Short Works of George Meredith
AdventureRoughing It
PhilosophyBiographia Literaria
RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
PhilosophyEcce Homo: Complete Works, Volume Seventeen
PoetryThe Iliad
PoetryErotica Romana
RomanceThe Romance of Tristan and Iseult
RomanceThe History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
PoetryThe Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
ClassicsLes Misérables
Children'sAnne of Green Gables
HistoricalThe Prince and the Pauper
RomanceManon Lescaut
RomanceEloisa : $b or, A series of original letters![Cover of Peter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy] by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie](https://dsx1pat3ljtul.cloudfront.net/books/book-peter-pan-b-peter-and-wendy-cover.jpg)
Children'sPeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]
AdventureBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude
RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay
AdventureGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
GothicThe Turn of the Screw
AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
HorrorThe String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
PhilosophyLeviathan
PhilosophyBeyond Good and Evil
ClassicsThe Scarlet Letter
Science FictionThuvia, maid of Mars
ClassicsUlysses
HorrorThe Monk: A Romance
PhilosophyThe Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
ClassicsWhite nights, and other stories
Science FictionA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
HistoricalNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
ClassicsGreat Expectations
AdventureThe Yeoman Adventurer
PhilosophyThe Prince
MysteryThe Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
PoetryThe Lady of the Lake
MysteryThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
HistoricalAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin
MysteryThe Green Mummy
HistoricalThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
PhilosophyThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
FantasyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz
AdventureTreasure Island
RomanceCarmen
RomanceSense and Sensibility
ClassicsA Tale of Two Cities
GothicWuthering Heights
AdventureAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
GothicThe Mysteries of Udolpho
AdventureThe Adventures of Roderick Random
ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a Foundling
HistoricalLife on the Mississippi
ClassicsThe Expedition of Humphry Clinker
ClassicsCranford
RomanceThe Enchanted April
ClassicsThe Brothers Karamazov
AdventureTwenty years after
HorrorThe King in Yellow
Children'sLittle Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
RomanceJane Eyre: An Autobiography
RomanceThe Blue Castle: a novel
ClassicsThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare
ClassicsMiddlemarch
ClassicsCrime and Punishment
RomanceRomeo and Juliet
AdventureMoby Dick; Or, The Whale
AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
MysteryThe Complete Sherlock HolmesDeduction, fog and gaslight — the complete canon of the world's first consulting detective.
RomancePride and PrejudiceWit, pride and slow-burning love in the drawing rooms of Regency England.
Science FictionTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo's submarine Nautilus carries its captives across the world's oceans.
AdventureAround the World in Eighty DaysPhileas Fogg wagers his fortune on circling the globe in just eighty days.
AdventureThe Adventures of Tom SawyerMischief, caves and buried treasure along the Mississippi River.
HorrorFrankensteinA young scientist builds a living being from death — and abandons what he makes.
HorrorDraculaLetters and journals trace a vampire's voyage from the Carpathians to London.
GothicThe Picture of Dorian GrayA portrait ages while its beautiful owner does not — Wilde’s only novel.
FantasyAlice's Adventures in WonderlandDown the rabbit-hole into a logic-bending world of riddles and talking creatures.
ClassicsThe Great GatsbyJazz-Age longing on Long Island, and the green light across the bay.
AdventureThe Call of the WildStolen into the Yukon gold rush, a dog heeds the ancient call of the wild.
PhilosophyThe City of God, Volume I
HistoricalModern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q
PhilosophyThe Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
Adventure25 Principles of the PlayaA newcomer's guide to Burning Man — 25 hard-won principles, learned in the dust.
HistoricalThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete
HistoricalThe Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great
RomanceThe Green Mouse
PoetryThe Home Book of Verse — Volume 2
HistoricalThe Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : $b A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war
RomanceThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day
Why it works
Why read classics to learn English
Graded by real CEFR level
Every book is labelled B1, B2 or C1 so you can pick something that stretches you without overwhelming you.
Tap any word to translate
Touch a word or phrase to see it in your language instantly — no dictionary, no leaving the page.
Audio narration & pronunciation
Listen to clear, natural narration and read along to train your ear as well as your eye.
Vocabulary from your own reading
Save the words you meet; they become flashcards built from the books you actually read.
Questions
Learning English by reading
Reading exposes you to real grammar, vocabulary and phrasing in context — far more memorably than word lists. With instant translation and audio on every page, you stay in the story instead of stalling on unknown words, which is what builds fluency.
Choose a book one notch above where you feel comfortable: B1 if you read everyday English, B2 if you can follow longer articles, C1 for literary prose. You can always tap words you don’t know — a little stretch is exactly how you level up.
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