Meet Tristan. He is a brave and strong knight. His uncle is King Mark of Cornwall. Everyone loves Tristan. He is a great hero.Tristan goes to Ireland to bring Princess Isolde to Cornwall. Isolde will be King Mark's wife. Isolde is beautiful and kind. On the ship, a big mistake happens. Tristan and I..

Meet Dorian Gray. He is a young and very handsome man in London. Everyone likes him. He has a good friend, Basil. Basil is a painter. Basil paints a beautiful picture of Dorian.Dorian looks at his picture. He says, "I want to be young forever. I want the picture to get old, not me!" His strange wish..

Meet Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is a very famous detective. He is very smart. Dr. Watson is his good friend.A new client comes to them. His name is Sir Henry Baskerville. He has a big problem. He lives in a big, old house in Dartmoor. The house is called Baskerville Hall. People..

Meet Frank Osbaldistone. He is a young English man. His father wants him to work in the family business. But Frank does not want that. He wants adventure. Frank goes to the north of England and to Scotland. Life there is very different and dangerous. He meets a famous man. His name is Rob Roy. Rob ..

Meet Ishmael. He is a young sailor. He wants to see the sea. He goes on a big ship called the Pequod. He wants adventure.The captain of the ship is Captain Ahab. He is a strange and angry man. He has one leg. He lost his leg because of a big white whale. The name of the whale is Moby Dick. Captain A..

Meet four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. They live with their mother in America. Their father is away at war. They are not rich. But they love each other very much.The sisters are very different. Meg is kind and beautiful. Jo loves to write stories and is very strong. Beth is shy and loves music. L..

Meet Phileas Fogg. He is a rich English man. He is very calm and always on time. He lives in London. One day, he makes a big bet with his friends. He says, "I can go around the world in 80 days!"Fogg starts his big adventure with his new servant, Passepartout. They must be very fast. They take train..

Meet Ebenezer Scrooge. He is an old man in London. He is very rich, but he is not kind. He does not like Christmas. He says, "Christmas is stupid!" Nobody likes him.One cold Christmas Eve, Scrooge is alone at home. Then, three ghosts visit him. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past. Second, the Ghost o..

Meet Jim Hawkins. He is a young boy. He lives with his mother near the sea. One day, an old sailor gives Jim a very special map. It is a map for treasure.Jim goes on a big ship to find Treasure Island. On the ship, there are many sailors. One sailor is Long John Silver. He has one leg. He looks frie..

Meet Roberta, Peter and Phyllis. They are three children. They live in a big, happy house in London with their mother and father. They have a wonderful life.But one day, their father goes away. Two men take him. The family must move. They go to a small, white house near a railway. Now they are poor...

Meet the Happy Prince. He is a statue, not a real man. He stands high on a hill over the city. He is made of gold and has beautiful blue jewels. He looks very happy.But the Prince is not really happy. From high up, he can see the poor people in the city. They are cold and hungry. He wants to help th..

Meet Edmond Dantes. He is a young and good sailor. He has a happy life. He will marry a beautiful girl. But some bad men tell lies about him.Because of these lies, Edmond goes to a dark prison on an island. He stays in prison for many years. Life is very hard and sad. In prison, he meets an old man...

Meet Pinocchio. He is not a real boy. He is a puppet made of wood. An old man named Geppetto makes him. Geppetto loves Pinocchio like a son.Pinocchio wants to be a real boy. But he does not always listen. He sometimes tells lies. When he tells a lie, his nose becomes long. He has many strange advent..

Meet Robinson Crusoe. He is a young man from England. He loves the sea and adventure. He wants to see the big world.One day, he goes on a ship. But there is a big storm at sea. The ship breaks. Robinson is alone on a small island. The island is far from everything. He has no food and no house.Robins..

Meet Don Quixote. He is an old man from Spain. He reads many books about knights. He reads all day and all night. Now he thinks he is a knight. He wants to help people.Don Quixote takes his old horse. He puts on old armor. He goes on a big adventure. With him is his good friend, Sancho Panza. Sancho..

Meet Beowulf. He is a strong and brave hero. He comes from a far country over the sea. Everyone knows his name. He is not afraid of anything.In Denmark, there is a big problem. A scary monster lives there. His name is Grendel. Every night, Grendel attacks the king's big hall. People are very afraid...

Meet Oliver Twist. He is a small orphan boy. He has no mother and no father. He lives in a workhouse in England. Life there is very hard.In the workhouse, Oliver is always hungry. The food is very little. One day he says, "Please, sir, I want some more." This makes big trouble. So Oliver must run aw..

Meet Black Beauty. He is a beautiful black horse. This story is his life story. Black Beauty tells his own story. He is kind, strong and brave.At first, his life is good. He lives on a big farm. His owners are kind people. They love him very much. He has good friends and happy days.But then his life..

Meet Aladdin. He is a poor young boy. He lives in a big city in Arabia. He has no money and no job. But he has a big dream.One day, Aladdin finds a very old lamp. It is a magic lamp. Inside the lamp, there is a Genie. The Genie is very big and strong. He says, "I can give you three wishes."Aladdin i..

Meet Alice. She is a young girl. One day, she sits near a river. She is bored. Then she sees a White Rabbit. The rabbit has a clock. Alice follows him.The rabbit goes into a hole. Alice goes after him. She falls down and down. Now she is in a strange place called Wonderland. In this place, she becom..

Meet Dorothy. She is a young girl. She lives in Kansas with her dog, Toto. One day, a big tornado comes. The wind takes Dorothy and Toto to a magic land called Oz.In Oz, Dorothy wants to go home. She must find the Wizard of Oz. He lives in the Emerald City. She walks on the yellow brick road. On the..

Meet Hans and Gretel. They are brother and sister. They live in Holland with their family. Their family is very poor, but they love each other.It is winter in Holland. There is ice everywhere. Hans and Gretel love to skate on the ice. They skate every day. They are very good at skating.One day, ther..

Meet Black Fish. He is a small black fish. He lives in the big blue sea. He is different from other fish. Other fish are colorful, but he is black.Black Fish is small but very brave. He swims far every day. He wants to see the big world. He has many friends in the sea. They swim and play together.Bu..

Meet Huckleberry Finn. His friends call him Huck. He is a young boy. He lives near the big Mississippi River in America. He wants to be free.Huck does not like his life in the town. So he goes on a big adventure. He has a raft on the river. He goes with his friend Jim. Jim is a very kind and brave m..