Reading Corner
Simplified Shakespeare and easy-to-read classics
Explore free PDF stories adapted for adult English learners. Practise ESOL reading, discover new vocabulary and build confidence with classic tales by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen and other writers.
Choose a book cover below to open its PDF in a new tab. Read a short section at a time, note useful words and retell the main events in your own words.
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Brontë
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Lamb to the Slaughter By Roald Dahl
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Animal Farm By George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
An Inspector Calls By J. B. Priestley
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