Short stories in easy English, read aloud for C1 · Advanced learners. Classic and modern stories at full natural pace, with nuance and style. Each episode is the opening of one book from the LingvoBerry library: a few minutes of clear, natural reading with sound and music. Want to continue reading and listening? Every episode links to the full text and audiobook on lingvoberry.com, where you can tap any word for its translation and save it to practise later.
Felix had dressed for the dinner by removing the pen from his shirt pocket. At forty, with red hair that refused to lie flat and a suit bought for a wedding ten years earlier, he considered this sufficient ceremony.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/a-seat-at-the-wrong-table?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
30 Oct 2026
The Borrowed Voice
From behind the curtain at the Bellwater Book Fair, Simone could see Edmund's shoes beneath the signing table. At seventy, he had acquired the useful habit of looking slightly exhausted by his own achievements.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/the-borrowed-voice?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
28 Oct 2026
The Unrecorded Minute
Robin found the missing minute while checking whether he had paid for Cleo's ticket. His archive showed the clinic receipt, the nurse explaining the hand exercises, and his daughter pulling on her coat.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/the-unrecorded-minute?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
26 Oct 2026
An Ordinary Wednesday
On Wednesday I woke at six twelve, eight minutes before the alarm. This was useful.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/an-ordinary-wednesday?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
23 Oct 2026
The Perfect Witness
Samuel could account for almost everything that had happened in Alderwick Public Hall during the storm: the woman who had brought a yellow umbrella into the exhibition, the three taps on the microphone before it failed, the delivery bicycle lying against the railings outside. He remembered which banner had first begun to drip blue.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/the-perfect-witness?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
23 Oct 2026
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
A visitor at Warwick Castle claims to recognise a hole in an ancient suit of armour. His explanation connects the modern world with a very different past.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
23 Oct 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Basil has painted a young man whose beauty holds his attention. In the studio, Lord Henry begins a conversation that gives beauty a different meaning.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/the-picture-of-dorian-gray?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
23 Oct 2026
Pride and Prejudice: Beyond First Impressions
A wealthy unmarried gentleman has rented Netherfield Park. Mrs Bennet has plans for the introduction, while Mr Bennet keeps his book open.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/pride-and-prejudice-beyond-first-impressions?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
23 Oct 2026
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
A visitor leaves a walking stick beside the breakfast table. Holmes asks Watson to read the clues in it before they have even met its owner.
Level: C1 · Advanced. Continue reading and listening to the book; tap any word for its translation: https://lingvoberry.com/read/en/c1/sherlock-holmes-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=en-c1
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