'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!