Reading level: 2 [yellow].

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Tony Kytes is a favourite with the girls but he’s not terribly clever. If you meet an old girlfriend and she asks for a ride home in your wagon, do you say yes? And then if you meet the girl you are planning to marry, what do you do? Very soon, Tony is in a great muddle, and does not know how to escape from it. These stories are set in an English country village of the nineteenth century, but Hardy’s tales of mistakes and muddles and marriages belong in any place, at any time.

Word count 6,490

Collected Works of Thomas Hardy Part III: Wessex Tales/ Life's Little Ironies/ The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament/ The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy: Immerse yourself in the literary world of Thomas Hardy with this collection of his works. Part III includes "Wessex Tales," "Life's Little Ironies," "The Well-Beloved," and "The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid," showcasing Hardy's storytelling prowess and keen observations of human nature.

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens – and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.