'The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne FREE Audio and eText

Personally, one of my favorite works... "The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne has been uploaded to the Adam Smith Academy website. You and your students can now read and listen to the classic tale by clicking here!

"King Lear" by Shakespeare FREE Video and eText

Is it possible to have your students read William Shakespeare's "King Lear" in its entirely in one night? Or, if you were really nice, over the weekend? Yes!

The Adam Smith Academy is proud to announce that we have uploaded the text of "King Lear," along with an accompanying video of the play with subtitles -- so that the students can read and watch the play at the same time!

You can find it on our website by following this link.

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen FREE Audio and eText

After roughly 20 hours of coding, we have finally uploaded all of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" for your student's pleasure. 50 chapters of eText and Audio are now available to everyone for free by clicking here!

"Two Friends" by Guy De Maupassant Free Audio & eText

For all those that know, Guy De Maupassant was a wonderfully gifted short story writer. "Two Friends" is no different. This simple story of two friends, who enjoyed fishing together before the war, ask for and receive permission to fish once again at their favorite place within earshot of the Prussian guns. They soon find themselves in enemy hands, and are given a chance to go free if one or the other would betray both their homeland and their friend by giving up the password to the Prussian commander. Will they? Or, which one will betray their friendship to live?

Follow the following link to read and listen to this wonderful story!

"The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka Free Audio & eText

We have just added "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka to the Adam Smith Academy site. This is a wonderfully horrible short story that every high school and college prep student should read. With the free audio text, your students can read and listen to it in one evening's homework. Use the following link for your students!

"The Terrible Old Man" by H. P. Lovecraft FREE Audio, Animated Movie & eText

We have just uploaded "The Terrible Old Man" by H. P. Lovecraft. At the Adam Smith Academy website you will be able to read the eText, listen to a FREE audio, and watch a short Animated movie! Click here to watch, read, and listen!

"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs FREE Audio and eText

"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs has just been uploaded to the Adam Smith Academy website, and will be included in our 10th Grade curriculum. You can read and listen to the free audio, by clicking here!

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Lord Alfred Tennyson FREE Audio and eText

For honors english students, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a famous poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson of those 600 cavalry men who made a heroic, albeit reckless charge against a superior position. You can read and listen along to the poem by clicking here!

"The Story of St. Vespaluus" by Saki FREE Audio and eText

Another great short story, "The Story of St. Vespaluus," by Saki (H.H. Munro) has been uploaded to the Adam Smith Academy site. You can read and listen to the free audio of the story by clicking here!

"Araby" by James Joyce - FREE Audio and eText

Continuing in our classic world literature theme for 10th Grade students, we have also posted James Joyce's "Araby" to the Adam Smith Academy website. Students can read and listen along to this classic tale from "Dubliners," by clicking here.

"Eveline" by James Joyce - eText and FREE Audio

"Eveline" by James Joyce has just been uploaded to the Adam Smith Academy website. Now, students can read and listen along to this classic tale by clicking here.

"The Sisters" by James Joyce - Audio and eText

We are excited to announce the addition of "The Sisters" by James Joyce to our eText and Audio files.

You can listen and read along, by clicking here!

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde - Complete AudioText

We are excited to announce that we have uploaded the complete eText and Audio for Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."

To read and listen to the play, click here!

"The Dead" by James Joyce

"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection "Dubliners" by James Joyce. It is the longest story in the collection and is often considered the best of James Joyce's short works. At 15,672 words it is also considered a novella.

You can read and listen to a FREE audio version of "The Dead" by clicking here!

"The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov

"The Lady with the Dog" is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in 1899. It tells the story of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta. The story comprises four parts: I describes the initial meeting in Yalta, II the consummation of the affair and the remaining time in Yalta, III Gurov's return to Moscow and his visit to Anna's town, and IV Anna's visits to Moscow.

The entire story along with FREE audio can be found by clicking here!

9th Grade Reading List

We have posted the following 9th Grade Reading List, complete with eText and Free Audio:

The Interlopers, by Saki

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

Beowulf by Anonymous

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

To Build a Fire by Jack London

The Mystery of Cloomber by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Tobermory by Saki

Lenore by Edgar Allan Poe

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Moby Dick by Herman Melville