Classics

Timeless stories, gently adapted for learners.

Read classic literature as a graded reader — novels and short stories by Jane Austen, the Brontës, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov and L. M. Montgomery, retold in simpler English at CEFR levels A1 to B2. Every story has a sentence-by-sentence Korean translation, audio narration, vocabulary flashcards, and a comprehension check.

B1

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry (1862–1910)

2 min read

A2

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

2 min read

A2–B1

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

5 parts

A2–B1

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

4 parts

A2

The Ugly Duckling

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

A1

Cinderella

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

B1–B2

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen (1775–1817)

9 parts

B2

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)

7 parts

A1

The Selfish Giant

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

3 min read

B1

The Necklace

Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)

3 min read

B1

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

5 parts

B2

The Lady with the Dog

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

3 min read

B2

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

4 min read

A2–B1

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)

3 parts

A1

The Emperor's New Clothes

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

A2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)

7 parts

A2

The Happy Prince

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

4 min read

A1

The Princess and the Pea

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

A1

Little Red Riding Hood

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

B1

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen (1775–1817)

4 parts

B2

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley (1797–1851)

21 parts

B2

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

3 min read

A1

The Frog Prince

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

A2

Snow White

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

B2

Middlemarch

George Eliot (1819–1880)

3 min read

B1

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)

3 min read

B1

Emma

Jane Austen (1775–1817)

3 min read

B1

The Nightingale and the Rose

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

3 min read

A2

The Last Leaf

O. Henry (1862–1910)

3 min read

B1

The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

3 min read

A2

Beauty and the Beast

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780)

3 min read

A2

Rapunzel

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

B2

The Awakening

Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

3 min read

B2

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

3 min read

B1

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

3 min read

B1

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

P. C. Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe (1812–1885, 1813–1882)

3 min read

A2

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

B1

The Bet

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

3 min read

B2

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)

3 min read

B1

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

3 min read

A2–B1

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)

3 parts

B2

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

3 min read

B1

Silas Marner

George Eliot (1819–1880)

3 min read

B1

The Blue Castle

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

3 min read

B1

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster (1876–1916)

3 min read

B2

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)

3 min read

B2

The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot (1819–1880)

3 min read

A1

Pollyanna

Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920)

2 min read

A2

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923)

2 min read

A2

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

2 min read

B1

Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë (1820–1849)

2 min read

B1

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)

2 min read

B2

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë (1820–1849)

2 min read

B2

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

2 min read

B2

Villette

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)

2 min read

B2

Persuasion

Jane Austen (1775–1817)

2 min read

A2

A Pair of Silk Stockings

Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

2 min read

A1

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)

2 min read

B1

Anne of Avonlea

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

2 min read

A1

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)

2 min read

A1

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)

2 min read

A1

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)

2 min read

A1

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

A2

Thumbelina

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

A2

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

A2

After Twenty Years

O. Henry (1862–1910)

3 min read

A1

The Bremen Town Musicians

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

A2

The Cop and the Anthem

O. Henry (1862–1910)

3 min read

B2

Emily of New Moon

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

4 min read

A1

Sweet Porridge

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

A1

The Golden Goose

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

A2

The Skylight Room

O. Henry (1862–1910)

3 min read

B2

Rilla of Ingleside

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

4 min read

A1

Mother Holle

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

3 min read

A1

The Golden Key

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

A2

The Fir Tree

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

2 min read

B2

A White Heron

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)

4 min read

B2

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

9 parts

A1

The Star Money

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

2 min read

A2

The Wild Swans

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

4 min read

B1

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen (1775–1817)

4 min read

B1

Rose in Bloom

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

3 min read

B1

The Story Girl

L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)

3 min read

B1

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)

4 min read

B2

The Lifted Veil

George Eliot (1819–1880)

3 min read

B2

Summer

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

3 min read

A2

The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

3 min read

A1

Hans in Luck

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, d. 1863; Wilhelm, d. 1859)

3 min read

A2

The Brief Début of Tildy

O. Henry (1910)

3 min read

B2

The Reef

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

4 min read

B2

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

3 min read

B2

A Scandal in Bohemia

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

4 min read

B1

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Mark Twain (1835–1910)

4 min read

B1

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

4 min read

B2

The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

4 min read

B2

The Red-Headed League

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

4 min read

A1

The Golden Bird

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

3 min read

B2

The Custom of the Country

Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

4 min read

A1

The Fisherman and His Wife

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

2 min read

B2

Amos Barton

George Eliot (1880)

3 min read

A1

The Goose Girl

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

2 min read

B2

Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy (1874)

3 min read

A1

Rumpelstiltskin

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

3 min read

B2

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)

4 parts

A1

Briar Rose

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

2 min read

B2

Dracula

Bram Stoker (1847–1912)

27 parts

A1

Snow-White and Rose-Red

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

3 min read

B2

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson (1894)

13 parts

A1

The Queen Bee

Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)

3 min read

B2

The Minister's Black Veil

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1864)

3 min read

A1

The Three Little Pigs

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

3 min read

B2

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy (1891)

3 min read

A1

Henny-Penny

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

3 min read

B2

Madame de Treymes

Edith Wharton (1907)

3 min read

A1

The Little Red Hen

Florence White Williams (1918)

2 min read

B2

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville (1853)

3 min read

A1

The Old Woman and Her Pig

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

3 min read

B2

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving (1820)

3 min read

A1

The Story of the Three Bears

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

4 min read

B2

Xingu

Edith Wharton (1916)

4 min read

A2

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame (1908)

12 parts

B2

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells (1895)

4 min read

A1

Jack and the Beanstalk

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

3 min read

B2

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins (1859)

3 min read

A1

The Three Sillies

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

3 min read

B2

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James (1916)

3 min read

A1

Johnny-Cake

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

4 min read

B2

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling (1894)

4 min read

A1

Lazy Jack

Joseph Jacobs (1890)

5 min read

B2

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe (1719)

4 min read

A1

Hansel and Gretel

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863, 1786–1859)

5 min read

B2

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

4 min read

B2

Moby Dick

Herman Melville (1819–1891)

5 parts

B1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

4 parts