English Classics: For Beginners

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Learning English as a second language? Or want to actually understand the old-fashioned lingo used in classic books?(!) These simplified titles are great for anyone looking for British literature in an easier or lighter format.

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All is not as it first appears in this darkly duplicitous tale...

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Robert Louis,Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Not an account of the Claudia Schiffer-dating Vegas magician's rise to fame. Quite the contrary, in fact...

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Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

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An easy-to-read version of Dickens' famous Yuletide tale of Scrooge and his ghostly visitors.

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Charles Dickens,Clare West

A Christmas Carol

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Thomas Hardy's famous tale of love, violence, passion, and misery.

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Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

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London and Paris. Before and during the French Revolution.

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Ralph Mowat

A Tale of Two Cities

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'More? MORE?!'

Yup, this portrait of an orphan's plight in Victorian London will leave you hooked on Dickensian tales.

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Richard Rogers

Oliver Twist

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You're shipwrecked alone on a desert island for 15 years. And then, suddenly, you realise someone else is there too...

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Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

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Swift's tall (and short) stories of a traveller with an astonishing history to share about strange lands beyond the horizon.

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Jonathan Swith

Gulliver's Travels

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Forget the Disney cartoon. Enjoy the tale of Mowgli and his animal companions by reading Kipling's original book.

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

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A sickly child in a lonely old house. But what lies behind the gate? Find out in this literary classic.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett,Clare West

The Secret Garden

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Life was very different for horses back in the 19th Century. And Black Beauty has a lot to say on the matter!

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Anna Sewell

Black Beauty

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Emily Bronte's best-known book: retold for those learning English.

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Emily Jane Brontë

Wuthering Heights

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Love Sherlock? Then it's time you read some of Conan Doyle's classics! Start with this one.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Was it all a dream? Find out in Lewis Carroll's much Victorian fantasy novel.

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Lewis Carroll,Jennifer Bassett

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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Shakespeare's romantic comedy: made easier to understand.

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William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Jane Austen's story of two very different sisters.

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Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

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Pirates, treasure, and adventures on the high seas. What's not to love?

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Robert Louis,Stevenson

Treasure Island

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Dickens' classic tales of Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham and co. Same deal. Less verbose.

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Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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