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Read Romance Classics in English

48 romance books at CEFR A2 to C2 — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Select any word for an instant translation, listen to the narration read the page aloud, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free sample.

What are the best romance classics to read in English as a learner?

The best romance classics for English learners are the well-known titles you can read in the original — start with A Honeymoon in Space, A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill and A Tale of Two Cities. Each one is labelled with a CEFR level, any word you do not know is one selection away from a translation, and the narration reads the page aloud while it highlights the words.

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Romance classics, page 1 of 1 — chapters and CEFR level
TitleChaptersLevel
A Honeymoon in Space20B2
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill31B2
A Tale of Two Cities45C1
A pair of blue eyes40C1
Anna Karenina240C2
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)27C1
Carmen4C1
Catriona30B2
Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters164C2
Erotica Romana24C2
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling210C2
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography38C1
Lady Audley's Secret41C1
Les Misérables372C2
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy47B1
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor75C1
Manon Lescaut13C1
Middlemarch86C2
Pride and Prejudice61C1
Romeo and Juliet5C2
Sense and Sensibility50C1
The Blue Castle: a novel46B1
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance49B2
The Count of Monte Cristo117B2
The Daughter of Anderson Crow37B2
The Enchanted April22B2
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete52C2
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance60C1
The Lady of the Lake190C2
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot33B2
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay77C1
The Monk: A Romance12C1
The Mysteries of Udolpho57C1
The Phantom of the Opera26B2
The Real Adventure49B2
The Red Lily — Complete34C1
The Scarlet Letter24C1
The Yeoman Adventurer26B2
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel61B2
Undine10B2
War and Peace365C2
White nights, and other stories21C1
Wuthering Heights34C1
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult15—
Complete Short Works of George Meredith56—
The Green Mouse16B2
That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day72C1
The Gay Cockade14—
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