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Read Historical Classics in English
36 historical books as graded readers — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free chapter.
What are the best historical classics to read in English as a learner?
The best historical classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with War and Peace, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself and Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3). Each is rewritten at a clear CEFR level with tap-to-translate, audio narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building English at your own pace.
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Level C2ClassicsWar and PeaceTolstoy's sweeping epic follows five aristocratic families through the Napoleonic Wars, weaving personal drama with grand historical events to create one of literature's greatest p…
Level C1HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By HimselfThe classic historical novel by Olaudah Equiano.
Level C1ClassicsOliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)The classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.
Level B2AdventureKidnappedThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C1ClassicsDavid CopperfieldThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1HistoricalEighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897The classic historical novel by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Level B2AdventureCatrionaThe classic romance novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2AdventureRoughing ItThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorThe classic romance novel by R.
Level C2ClassicsLes MisérablesThe classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.
Level B2HistoricalThe Prince and the PauperThe classic historical novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1AdventureBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in SolitudeThe classic mystery novel by Austin Bidwell.
Level C1RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayThe classic romance novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Level C1AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846The classic adventure novel by James Richardson.
Level C1ClassicsThe Scarlet LetterThe classic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Level C2PhilosophyThe Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)The classic historical novel by George Gillespie.
Level C1HistoricalNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveThe classic historical novel by Frederick Douglass.
Level C1ClassicsGreat ExpectationsThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level C2PhilosophyThe PrinceThe classic historical novel by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Level C2PoetryThe Lady of the LakeThe classic romance novel by Walter Scott.
Level C1HistoricalAutobiography of Benjamin FranklinThe classic historical novel by Benjamin Franklin.
Level C1HistoricalThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, CompleteThe classic classics novel by John Forster.
Level C1ClassicsA Tale of Two CitiesThe classic historical novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2HistoricalLife on the MississippiThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2AdventureTwenty years afterThe classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level C2ClassicsMiddlemarchThe classic romance novel by George Eliot.
Level B2AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
Level B2ClassicsThe Great GatsbyJazz-Age longing on Long Island, and the green light across the bay.
Level C2PhilosophyThe City of God, Volume IThe classic work of philosophy and theology by Saint Augustine of Hippo.
HistoricalThe IliadThe classic historical novel by Homer.
Level C1HistoricalThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteThe classic historical diary by Samuel Pepys.
Level C2HistoricalThe Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the GreatThe classic historical novel by Arrian.
Level C1RomanceThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayThe classic romance novel by Richard Dehan.
HistoricalHegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 3 (of 3)The classic historical novel by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.