Ghost Stories: CEFR Level B1

ELT Graded Reader

De: Karen Kovacs, Charles Dickens

Narrado por: Karen Kovacs

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“I’m sure you are very lonely in this place,” I said. As I talked, I watched him but he stayed silent. There was something strange about him and he made me nervous.

I suddenly had a horrible thought: Is he a man or a ghost?

Here are four ghost stories by the famous British writer Charles Dickens, adapted for learners of English (CEFR level B1).

We meet:

• A signalman who has a terrible secret working on a lonely railway line.
• Two men who are the only guests in a hotel where strange things keep happening.
• A painter who meets a mysterious young woman on a train and is asked to paint her portrait.
• An old professor with many sad memories, who is given a choice: Does he want to forget his past?

This audiobook:

• includes four exciting ghost stories: "The Signalman", "The Ghost in the Bride’s Bedroom", "The Portrait Painter’s Story", and "The Haunted Man"
• is adapted for learners of English from the classic Charles Dickens stories
• uses grammar and vocabulary for learners at CEFR level B1 (strong pre-intermediate level or Intermediate level)
• has definitions of difficult words

Stories at this level have a word count of 15,000–18,000 words and 1,600 headwords.

You will find language-learning exercises for this audiobook on our website.

Warning: The stories may not suitable for young children.

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