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"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poes most famous stories of mystery and suspense. They...

Crusoes father wants him to lead an ordinary honest life at home, but Crusoe wants nothing more than to travel around the world. His first voyage is a disaster but he survives and instead of returning...

Joyces first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a gir...

Martha the mammoth and her prehistoric animal friends are playing happily together in the wood when Martha discovers a baby woolly rhino called Ryan who has lost his mum and dad. While Martha and her ...

The stories of ten people who have changed the world from protecting world peace and the rights of women and children to saving the environment. It is possible to change the world and the stories of t...

After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the u...

Scott Fitzgeralds third novel was published in 1925 and has justifiably become a 20th century literary classic.Topics Love, SocietyGatsby? asked Daisy urgently. What Gatsby? Could it be the same young...

A lion trapped in a net and an ant in a puddle. Who will rescue them and so gain a new friend? These are two stories from the Aesops Fables collection, which have stood the test of time and been read ...

An adventure novel featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.Richard Hannay is bored. He is all alone in a...

"Theres daggers in mens smiles" Act II, Sc. IIIMacbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until, that is, he meets three evil witches after a battle against King Duncans enemies...

A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.Dorian is visiting his friend, the kind and gentle painter Basil Hallward, when he meets Lord H...

Romeo Montague was in love with Juliet Capulet. He went over to her. I dont know who you are he said. But I know that I love you. Youre very handsome, she replied. I think I love you too. Romeo kissed...

"Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daugh...

These are two of Hans Christian Andersons most popular stories.In The ugly duckling the farmyard animals reject a little duck because he is different. In The princess and the pea beautiful princesses ...

Great Expectations depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. Pip is born poor, but one day his life mysteriously changes. He is sent to London to learn to become a gentleman....

Jonathan Swifts best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets pe...

One of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter.Ismael, a y...

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."Theseus of Athens is looking forward to his wedding to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. But two other young couples are not so happy Hermia wants to m...

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, rich, intelligent and a snob. She says she will never marry, but loves matchmaking and is determined to find a suitable ...

Don Juan Tenorio es el personaje más célebre del teatro español. La historia de este burlador de mujeres comienza en los días de Carnaval y acaba en el Día de Difuntos. Don Juan es un seductor que se ...

Tessa is a very active sabre-toothed tiger! When she finds out there is a tiger birthday party she is very excited and ready to go straight away. However, the other animals feel she should definitely ...

Suddenly, in the darkness, there was a terrible, low howl and it came from the moor. "The hound!" cried Holmes.An old family document says that everyone who lives at Baskerville Hall is in danger from...

In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope.Topics covered Love and Ha...

After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death.Victor Frankenste...

At the festival of the New Year, the King of Persia is given a horse carved from ebony. It has the power to fly riders anywhere they wish to go, and it flies the kings son all the way to Bengal. There...

Hamlet’s life is turned upside down when his father, the king, dies, and his mother Queen Gertrude marries her brother-in-law, Claudius. When the ghost of his dead father appears to him, Hamlet embark...

Una serie de clásicos literarios bellamente ilustrados, especialmente adaptados para estudiantes de idiomas. Cada libro viene con una grabación de audio del texto, leído por un hablante nativo, ya sea...

Edmond Dantès et son double, le Comte de Monte-Cristo, dépassent le cadre historique contemporain dans lequel ils évoluent et nous plongent au coeur de mythes universels où se trouvent réunis tous les...