Jane, a 20-year-old writer falls in love with Tom Lefroy who studies law. Jane's romance inspired her to write Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensi ...

Eleven-year old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at spor t. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finall ...

Are you brave enough to read four of Poe's famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don't r ...

"Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family life, pets - and the food. This is a book about real ...

Classic / British English 'We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.' The pilgrims all hel ...

Sarajevo is under siege. There is little food or water and the city is attacked, every day, from the hills. Ordinary people try to live their lives, b ...

A mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagle?s Rock? Costas wants to be the f ...

"Edmond Dante's is a happy young seaman. He is popular with his employer and the men on his ship, and he has a beautiful lover, Mercedes. But he also ...

"For a number of years, William Harris plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls 'Poldy'. At th ...

David Copperfield's happy life suddenly changes when his mother marries again. Her new husband is cruel to him and sends him away to school. When Davi ...

Dr Jekyll is a respected doctor and Mr Hyde is a small, sinister man. Why are they friends? After a terrible murder, everyone searches for Mr Hyde, bu ...

Classic / British EnglishCount Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people's blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then ...