Titles for Readers aged 15 to Adult
"It's nice having letters as I don't get meny ...better than a normal book because it comes in parts and I very excited before I got the next one.."
Andrew aged 13
"I wish I had received them for school use. I have read Macbeth so I knew the story, but these were better than a story because you just wanted them to keep going on and on..."
Robert, aged 15
12 letters
24 Letters
12 Letters
24 Letters
Titles for Younger Readers
Each serialised story is carefully crafted for reading pleasure and very personal weekly enjoyment.
by Henry James
Isabel Archer comes from her home in America to Europe, determined to experience life to the full. She meets the elegant Madame Merle. How will this affect her destiny?
Maria is lady in waiting to the lovely Countess Olivia in Illyria. She tells a thrilling tale of love, humour, trickery and mistaken identity.
by William Shakespeare
Sixteen year Douglas is the servant boy of brave Lord Macbeth during troubled times in medieval Scotland. He witnesses ambition, treachery and murder; witchcraft and ghosts; fear and madness.
Emma, a wealthy young lady, looks after her father on their estate, Hartfield. Her efforts at match-making nearly go sadly wrong when she realizes almost too late, that she might lose the man she loves.
Agnes is a young woman of respectable family, who has to go out as a governess to earn her living. She leads a lonely, isolated existence but eventually finds love.
by Jane Austen
Elizabeth Bennet is one of five sisters who live at Longbourn, their family home, which must go to a male heir. She meets the proud Mr. Darcy and her initial dislike turns to love. But is it too late?
by Emily Bronte
Lockwood goes to Yorkshire to ease a broken heart and meets Heathcliff the mysterious owner of gloomy Wuthering Heights. He hears a tale of passionate love, hatred and revenge
by Charlotte Bronte
Jane, an orphan, has had a hard, loveless childhood; She finds a post as governess at Thornfield Hall, home of Mr. Rochester. A story of mystery, madness, endurance, and love.
by Charles Dickens
Pip, left an orphan, is looked after by his sister and Joe, her husband, the village blacksmith. His encounter with a convict and the mad Miss Haversham lead him to have 'great expectations and an unrequited love.
by Charles Dickens
David has no living parents. His attempts to make his way in the world bring him in contact with a variety of people who influence him and each other for good and for bad.
by Thomas Hardy
Angel Clare, the young son of a minister, meets the beautiful Tess, a dairymaid, and they fall in love. But Tess has a past and misunderstandings lead to tragedy.
by Thomas Hardy
Gabriel Oak is an independent farmer, till misfortune strikes and he finds work with beautiful, wilful, Bathsheba Everdene. Love and fate bring tragic results
by Thomas Hardy
Elizabeth Jane and her mother come to Casterbridge in search of a long-lost relative; Love and happiness seem to be within her grasp, only to be rudely snatched away.
by George Elliot
Little Maggie lives with her parents and her beloved brother Tom in the Mill on the Floss. Greed, envy and the desire for revenge destroy many lives.
Young Oswald's Family has fallen on hard times and the children decide to restore the Bastable family fortunes. Their quest leads to a series of hilarious escapades.
Oswald and his brother and sisters have been sent to the country for the holidays to learn how to be good. Somehow their well-interntioned plans always go wrong with entertaining results.
by Susan Coolidge
Young Katy Carr lives in America with her father and her brothers and sisters, and Aunt Izzy. Katy's wild behaviour leads her into many a scrape, one of them nearly disastrous. A story of laughter and tears, and triumph over suffering.
by Susan Coolidge
Katy and Clover are sent to boarding school far away at Hillsover. Although homesick at first, they soon make friends and then the fun really begins!
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary is a young girl brought from India when her parents die, to live in a strange house in Yorkshire. She comes across a garden and the invalid, Colin. Can the garden hold the secret to Colin's recovery?
by Johanna Spryri
Heidi is a little girl who is brought by her aunt to live with her mysterious grandfather who lives all alone on the Alm. Love for this little girl melts the old man's embittered heart and she lives happily on the mountain till she is suddenly take away to Frankfurt to be the companion to Clara, who is confined to a wheelchair. A bitter-sweet tale with a happy ending.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
David Balfour is a teenage Scots lad who, when his parents die, is instructed to go to the House of Shaws. Here he meets his evil uncle, is kidnapped and finally escapes with the Jacobite outlaw Alan Breck, and undergoes a series of fearsome adventures
by E. Nesbit
Twelve year old Roberta and her family live happily in London until her father suddenly has to go away. They move to a house in the country and the children's adventures by the railway bring them in contact with many new friends, with surprising and wonderful results.
by Eleanor H. Porter
Little Pollyanna has come to Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly. With her 'glad game' she brings light into the lives of many sad and lonely people.
by Eleanor H. Porter
Growing up brings its own problems, and Pollyanna has her share of hopes and disappointments, confusions and misunderstandings, Will she, who has brought so much joy to others, finally find love and happiness for herself?
by Louisa May Alcott
Tomboyish Jo March lives with her mother and three sisters, whilst her father is away being an army chaplain during the American Civil War. Life is hard but there is plenty of love, laughter and loyalty in the March family.
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The personal views of the character are what makes it interesting. The writing looks old fashioned and made you feel that is was real writing.”
Joanne, aged 14
"I looked forward to the letters coming...I liked to show the personal bits to my friend who was mentioned. I haven't read The Treasure Seekers before but I would like to now and will look out for it."
Anna, aged 12
"The letters were brilliant, I liked the fancy handwriting and everything."
Kate, aged 8
"A good help... more appealing than reading the book better than the best videos because it helps improve your reading skills. I'm not a good reader so these have really helped."
John, aged 15
“ I would like to buy the book itself…the style was good as it seemed like it would come from that sort of person…” Lizzy aged 11
"This is a revolutionary concept in reading for pleasure. In no other way can the reader become so actively involved with the characters and events of a great work of literature."
This page last modified on Tuesday, December 13, 2005