Leesboekjes Engels B1 niveau

This reader is accompanied with a CD that contains the full audio of the text in MP3 format. Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British…

Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British Empire was the biggest empire in world history. In the past, kings and queens fought to rule…

Sense and Sensibility is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Jane Austen. After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must move to a small cottage.…

Ring of Thieves is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Richard Prescott. A mystery story with many twists and turns set between the English Midlands and Amsterdam. A boy suffers amnesia after being attacked and robbed…

The Red and the Black is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Stendhal. The story is about a young man, Juilen Sorel, who is torn apart by the two sides to his personality, the ‘red’ and the ‘black’. Having love…

The Queen of Death is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by John Milne. This is a detective story about a missing archaeologist and his knowledge of the secret tomb of Queen Axarte. Chief detective Salahadin is on the…

Oliver Twist is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Charles Dickens. This is a classic story and one of Dickens’s most famous novels about the trials of a poor young orphan boy called Oliver Twist. Explaining how he…

The Norwood Builder and Other Stories is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Another classic collection of short intriguing stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr…

Meet Me in Istanbul is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Richard Chisholm. An adventure thriller set in Turkey. Tom Smith flies to Istanbul to join his fiancée for a holiday, but Angela fails to meet him that…

The Enchanted April is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Elizabeth von Arnim. A delightful and romantic story set in 1922. Unhappy in rain-soaked London, four very different women answer an advertisement to rent a…

Emma is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Jane Austen. One of Austen’s finest works, Emma is the story of a wealthy girl whose favourite hobby is matchmaking. With Emma so busy trying to be a matchmaker amongst her…

Bristol Murder is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Philip Prowse. Peter, a lorry driver, gives a lift to a 16-year-old hitch-hiker called John, who has run away from home after a violent row with his uncle. The…

The Wizard of Oz is an adapted Pre-intermediate level reader written by L. Frank Baum. This is the classic story of Dorothy who gets taken to the Land of Oz by a tornado. Here she meets many different people including the Wicked…

Robinson Crusoe is an adapted Pre-intermediate Level reader written by Daniel Defoe. This is the story of Robinson Crusoe who ignored his father’s advice and became a sailor. Caught in a violent storm Robinson finds himself…

Romeo and Juliet is an adapted Pre-intermediate Level reader written by William Shakespeare. This is one of Shakespeare’s most popular stories that is set in Verona, Italy and tells the tale of Romeo and Juliet who fall in love…