Romance

Read Romance Classics in English

48 romance books as graded readers — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free chapter.

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

The best romance classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with War and Peace, Under the Red Dragon: A Novel and Camille (La Dame aux Camilias). Each is rewritten at a clear CEFR level with tap-to-translate, audio narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building English at your own pace.

48
graded readers
3092
chapters in total
48
free samples to start
Romance graded readers — chapters and CEFR level
TitleChaptersLevel
War and Peace365C2
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel61B2
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)27C1
The Daughter of Anderson Crow37B2
A pair of blue eyes40C1
The Real Adventure49B2
Undine10B2
The Gay Cockade28B2
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete52C2
A Honeymoon in Space20B2
Lady Audley's Secret41C1
Catriona30B2
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill31B2
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot33B2
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance49B2
The Red Lily — Complete34C1
Anna Karenina240C2
The Phantom of the Opera26B2
Complete Short Works of George Meredith36C1
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor75C1
Erotica Romana24C2
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult1C1
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance60C1
Les Misérables372C2
Manon Lescaut13C1
Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters164C2
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay77C1
The Scarlet Letter24C1
The Monk: A Romance12C1
White nights, and other stories21C1
The Yeoman Adventurer26B2
The Lady of the Lake190C2
Carmen4C1
Sense and Sensibility50C1
A Tale of Two Cities45C1
Wuthering Heights34C1
The Mysteries of Udolpho57C1
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling210C2
The Enchanted April22B2
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy47B1
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography38C1
The Blue Castle: a novel46B1
Middlemarch86C2
Romeo and Juliet5C2
The Count of Monte Cristo117B2
Pride and Prejudice61C1
The Green Mouse1B2
That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day1C1
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