Great and Entertaining Stories first written in English

Everybody loves a good story and the English language has some of the most thrilling and enjoyable known around the world. Here's a selection of some of the most popular.

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
by Mark Twain, USA, 1835-1910

ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Lewis Carroll, England, 1832-1898

ANIMAL FARM
by George Orwell, England, 1903-1950

DON JUAN
by George Gordon, Lord Byron, England, 1788-1824

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, 1850-1894

DRACULA
by Bram Stoker, Ireland, 1847-1912

FRANKENSTEIN
by Mary Shelley, England, 1797-1851

THE GREAT GATSBY
by F.Scott Fitzgerald, USA, 1896-1940

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
by Jonathan Swift, Ireland, 1667-1745

HARRY POTTER (series of fantasy stories)
by JK Rowling, England, 1965-?

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde, Ireland, 1854-1900

THE INVISIBLE MAN
by H.G.Wells, England, 1866-1946

IVANHOE
by Walter Scott, Scotland, 1771-1832

THE JUNGLE BOOK
by Rudyard Kipling, India/England, 1865-1936

THE LORD OF THE RINGS (trilogy)
by J.R.R. Tolkien, England, 1892-1973

MACBETH
by William Shakespeare, England, 1564-1616
Link to Shakespeare Globe Theatre and Museum

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare, England, 1564-1616
Link to Shakespeare Globe Theatre and Museum

MOBY DICK
by Hermann Melville, USA, 1819-1891

OLIVER TWIST
by Charles Dickens, England, 1812-1870
Link to Dickens House Museum

PETER PAN
by J.M.Barrie, Scotland, 1860-1937

ROBINSON CRUSOE
by Daniel Defoe, England, 1660-1731

ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare, England, 1564-1616
Link to Shakespeare Globe Theatre and Museum

SHERLOCK HOLMES (detective stories)
by Arthur Conan Doyle, England, 1859-1930
Link to Sherlock Holmes Museum

TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, 1850-1894

THE WIZARD OF OZ
by L.Frank Baum, USA, 1856-1919