CEFR C1 · Advanced
Read Advanced Classics in English (C1)
49 books graded at CEFR C1 (advanced) — learn English by reading the stories worth reading at exactly your level. Tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Start with a free chapter.
What are the best C1 books to read in English?
The best C1 classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A pair of blue eyes and A Tale of Two Cities. Each is rewritten at CEFR C1 (advanced) with tap-to-translate, audio narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building English at your own pace.
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Level C1Science FictionA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe classic science-fiction novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1RomanceA pair of blue eyesThe classic romance novel by Thomas Hardy.
Level C1ClassicsA Tale of Two CitiesThe classic historical novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1HistoricalAutobiography of Benjamin FranklinThe classic historical novel by Benjamin Franklin.
Level C1AdventureBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in SolitudeThe classic mystery novel by Austin Bidwell.
Level C1RomanceCamille (La Dame aux Camilias)The classic romance novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level C1RomanceCarmenThe classic mystery novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Level C1RomanceComplete Short Works of George MeredithThe classic romance novel by George Meredith.
Level C1ClassicsCranfordThe classic classics novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
Level C1ClassicsCrime and PunishmentThe classic mystery novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C1ClassicsDavid CopperfieldThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1HorrorDraculaLetters and journals trace a vampire's voyage from the Carpathians to London.
Level C1HistoricalEighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897The classic historical novel by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Level C1HorrorGhost Stories of an AntiquaryThe classic mystery novel by M.
Level C1ClassicsGreat ExpectationsThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1AdventureGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldThe classic adventure novel by Jonathan Swift.
Level C1RomanceJane Eyre: An AutobiographyThe classic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë.
Level C1MysteryLady Audley's SecretThe classic mystery novel by M.
Level C1RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorThe classic romance novel by R.
Level C1RomanceManon LescautThe classic romance novel by abbé Prévost.
Level C1HistoricalModern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-QThe classic classics novel by Frederic Boase.
Level C1HistoricalNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveThe classic historical novel by Frederick Douglass.
Level C1ClassicsOliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)The classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1MysteryPaul Clifford — CompleteThe classic mystery novel by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton.
Level C1RomancePride and PrejudiceWit, pride and slow-burning love in the drawing rooms of Regency England.
Level C1RomanceSense and SensibilityThe classic romance novel by Jane Austen.
Level C1RomanceThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayThe classic romance novel by Richard Dehan.
Level C1HistoricalThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteThe classic historical novel by Samuel Pepys.
Level C1HorrorThe Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesThe classic mystery novel by Algernon Blackwood.
Level C1RomanceThe History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by Lucas Malet.
Level C1HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By HimselfThe classic historical novel by Olaudah Equiano.
Level C1PhilosophyThe Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding RemarksThe classic romance novel by Vatsyayana.
Level C1HorrorThe King in YellowThe classic mystery novel by Robert W.
Level C1HistoricalThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, CompleteThe classic classics novel by John Forster.
Level C1RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayThe classic romance novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Level C1MysteryThe Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareThe classic mystery novel by G.
Level C1HorrorThe Monk: A RomanceThe classic horror novel by M.
Level C1MysteryThe MoonstoneThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level C1GothicThe Mysteries of UdolphoThe classic mystery novel by Ann Ward Radcliffe.
Level C1MysteryThe Mystery of Edwin DroodThe classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1GothicThe Picture of Dorian GrayA portrait ages while its beautiful owner does not — Wilde’s only novel.
Level C1RomanceThe Red Lily — CompleteThe classic romance novel by Anatole France.
Level C1HistoricalThe 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 warThe classic historical novel by Melville Henry Massue, marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval.
Level C1RomanceThe Romance of Tristan and IseultThe classic romance novel by Joseph Bédier.
Level C1ClassicsThe Scarlet LetterThe classic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Level C1MysteryThe Woman in WhiteThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level C1AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846The classic adventure novel by James Richardson.
Level C1ClassicsWhite nights, and other storiesThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C1GothicWuthering HeightsThe classic gothic novel by Emily Brontë.