A retelling for students of English of one of Dickens's best-known novels, this is an upper intermediate-level Macmillan Reader....

Frankenstein is an Elementary-level book written by Mary Shelley for the Macmillan Readers Series. This classic story is about...

Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut-Glass Bowl,Bernice Bobs Her Hair,Gretchen's Forty Winks,...

It is 1852 and three young people meet for the first time in High Court of Chancery. They are the latest victims to be caught in...

Rebecca and Sue like skiing. The sun's shining. There's lots of snow. They are good skiers.
But Mark and David are good skiers...

Seven intriguing stories by one of the most famous and gifted writers of nineteenth century American literature.
Retold by...

Four stories written by one of the greatest writers of twentieth-century English literature.

James Keating had woken up in a park 25 miles from his home in Birmingham. He didn't know who he was. He didn't know how he had...

When Old Adam gets a money order from his son in England, he plans to throw a party. But when he tries to cash the money, he...

This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some...

Pedro had lost hope. He had a baby boy but he had no money, no work. How could he believe the promise of the old negress? 'Your...

A romantic thriller set in a fictional European country in the 1890s.
Retold by Stephen Colbourn.

Was blowing at 50 knots and some waves were about 45 feet high. At that point, the swordfishing boat, Andrea Gail, must have been...

Owl Hall is an original story written specially for the Macmillan Readers series. It is the story of Kara, who goes to stay at...

The store has been here for only one year, but many people think that it has always been here. Above the door are faded brown...

Xuma is from the north. He comes to live in Malay Camp, a township near Johannesburg, so that he can work in the mine. The job is...

Marco is young, misunderstood and bored. One day he runs away from his father's farm but the city is far different to what he...

Private investigator Lenny Samuel is in work again.
Lenny is hired to discover the identity of the robber who raids banks...

Lenny Samuel, the Los Angeles private detective, is hired to investigate threats made to a famous film actress.
There are...

Mystery/Horror/Ghost & Romance
A retold version of a gripping ghost story set in a lonely house on a bleak and foggy marshland.

his is a Beginner Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified -...

The classic story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley.

Тom needed help. So did Masters. At first everything went well.
But why had Tom left home? What did Masters do exactly? And who...

Othello is one of William Shakespeare's most famous tragic plays, and has been adapted for Intermediate level readers. The story...

Agnes Grey is a classic story written by Anne Bronte. The story is about Agnes, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a poor...

Italy is a country in Europe. Today, about ninety-four per cent of the people in Italy are Italian, and most people speak the...

This is the story of Lemuel Gulliver and his adventures in the land of Lilliput.
Gulliver's ship, The Antelope, sinks in the Far...

Shakespeare's story of the tragic lovers Romeo and Juliet, is as relevant and popular now as it was over 400 years ago.
This...

Shakespeare's famous story of the young Prince Hamlet's journey into despair and revenge after learning that his uncle is his...

The two men arrived in a taxi.
'Are you Harry Fletcher?' the older man called out.
'That's me,' I replied. 'Welcome aboard the...