I have only one holiday a week. And I wouldn’t like it if I am made to work on that holiday instead of playing with my friends. Tom Sawyer is in the same situation, for he is made to whitewash the long fence by Aunt Polly oh his holiday. Aunt Polly is a strict lady, […]

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Nicholas Nickleby is an assistant at a school. What type of school is it? Is it similar to the ones we go to? Are the students happy there? Do they also receive a lot of assignments and homework like we do? We will find out after we read this story extracted from the novel Nicholas […]

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Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy’s Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker.

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Meg, Joe, Beth and Amy are sisters. One day, Joe and Amy get involved in a fight. How does the fight trigger? Do they make up their fight? Or do they end up in a furious temper? Read this extract from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and find out.

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You are sailing in one of the finest ships ever. But suddenly, there is a storm and the you are shipwrecked. You land in some unknown island and you do not know your way back home. What does this fell like? It sure is a nightmare for everyone. But to the doctor Lemeul Gulliver, this […]

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Mary Lennox, a 10-year-old girl, is born in India to wealthy British parents. Spoiled with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. A cholera breakout in the manor kills Mary’s parents and many servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is abandoned. She is sent to England to live with […]

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You have friends, don’t you? You play with them, work with them, share with them and help them. In short, you adore them. Friendship is one of the finest gifts that you can possess, and must learn to treasure its value. This story describes a new friendship between Rat and Mole, and how they enjoy […]

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Mr. Earnshaw returns home after his trip from Liverpool. As the children rush to greet him, they are expecting treasures from the splendid city. Instead, they see a shabby child at their doorstep. There are no gifts, just a dirty stranger at their house. Their hearts sink. How do the children react? Who is the […]

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Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by Mary Shelley about an experiment that produces a monster. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty one. Giving the dead life: the very thought sends goosebumps all over my body. For Victor Frankenstein, this […]

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Jonathan Harker, the solicitor is making this trip from England to Transylvania to Count Dracula. This chapter describes the eerie feeling he gets when as he sees the Dracula’s house. The uncanny sensations continue as he enters Count Dracula’s home. Let us read this story, Dracula by Bram Stoker.

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