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Literature and Nursery Rhymes

If you are not sure whether your English is good enough to start reading an English novel, try our excerpts to find out.

Literature
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (simplified) Level: lower intermediateLevel 2
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (simplified) Level: lower intermediateLevel 2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Level: upper intermediateLevel 4
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Level: upper intermediateLevel 4
Aesop Fables (3 Fables with questions on the text)
Writers
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Poems
Independence Bell Level: intermediateLevel 3
Nursery Rhymes
Jack Horner Level: elementaryLevel 1
Humpty Dumpty Level: elementaryLevel 1
Little Miss Muffet Level: elementaryLevel 1