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Stories by Chris Rose. Listen, read and do exercises.
Level: Intermediate to Upper Inter.   Go>
Original Texts - Advanced Level
Lewis Carroll's classic children's fantasy tale. A British novel, read by an American.
You need RealPlayer.
Classic British novel, read by an American.
Audio 1. Listen and read.  Go>
Audio 2 (slower). You need RealPlayer. Go>
The classic children's fantasy adventure by L. Frank Baum. There are 24 chapters. Click Next> to continue the story. You can also download the mp3 files. Read by an American speaker. Go>
Detective stories from the late 19th / early 20th century by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous detective in English literature. The stories here are read by a British speaker. Each story is in two parts, each one 20-30 minutes long.
 'In Search of... Sherlock Holmes'. Read and listen to an article by The Savvy Traveler. You need RealPlayer.
Possibly the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle.
Sonnets are rhyming poems of 14 lines, and with 10 syllables per line. Shakespeare wrote a series of 154, mostly on the theme of love. These works are around 400 years old, so you may not recognise the English he uses! However, you can read a translation into modern English, and an analysis of the sonnet, by clicking on  . Poems read by American speakers.
Classic British children's story, read by an American.  Go>
Classic late 19th-century science fiction by the author of War of the Worlds. Read by an American.
Early 20th-century novel by American writer Jack London. Read by a Canadian.
You need RealPlayer.
Poetry
A large collection of poems to listen to and read online. The poems are all read by their authors.
You need Flash. Go>
Listen to and read poems by Blake, Wordsworth, Dickinson, Shakespeare, Browning, Frost and more. Go>
Poets perform their own work. Listen and read. Go>
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Also on Okey-Dokey:
British Culture: Literature - Learn about Britain's literary heritage.
Learn By Hobby: Art & Literature - English practice for arts lovers!
Authentic Reading: English Literature - Classic texts
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Okey-Dokeyrecommends downloading the following free programs in order to benefit fully from the websites in our directory:
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter 
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Poetry Archive
BBC Poetry Out Loud
