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Cadmus Graded Readers

by Danny Ballan

Improve your English through the power of a great story. Brought to you by Cadmus Education Studios, Cadmus Graded Readers adapts the world’s most captivating narratives into accessible, level-appropriate audiobooks designed specifically for language learners.Every week, we release a brand-new story scaled to a different CEFR difficulty—ranging from foundational A1 adaptations all the way up to C2 mastery levels. Whether it is a timeless literary classic, a cinematic blockbuster, or the immersive survival mechanics of video games like The Last of Us and Horizon Zero Dawn, every episode helps you build vocabulary and listening comprehension without losing the thrill of the plot.Check the CEFR level in each episode title to find the perfect challenge for your current skills. Practice your pronunciation and listening on the go, and head over to dannyballan.com to read along with the text, unlock the full study workbooks, and dive deeper into the English language.

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  1. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 18: Home Again

    The group safely loads the treasure onto the ship and sails away, leaving the remaining mutineers on the island, while Long John Silver makes a sly escape with a small bag of gold coins.

  2. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 17: The Treasure Hunt

    Silver and the pirates use the map to find the treasure site, only to discover the gold has already been dug up, leading to a sudden ambush by Jim's friends.

  3. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 16: Pieces of Eight

    Returning to the log house in the dark, Jim accidentally walks into the pirates' camp and is captured by Long John Silver, who decides to protect the boy from his mutinous crew.

  4. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 15: Israel Hands

    Jim boards the drifting ship and strikes a deal with a wounded pirate named Israel Hands, but Jim is forced to shoot him after Hands attacks him with a knife.

  5. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 14: My Sea Adventure

    Jim sneaks away from the stockade, finds Ben Gunn's hidden homemade boat, and rows out in the dark to cut the Hispaniola's anchor rope to prevent the pirates from escaping.

  6. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 13: The Attack

    Silver attempts to negotiate under a flag of truce, but after Captain Smollett refuses his offer, the pirates launch a fierce and deadly assault on the stockade.

  7. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 12: The Stockade

    Dr. Livesey and the honest men abandon the ship for an old wooden log house on the island, raising the British flag as they prepare to defend themselves from the mutineers.

  8. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 11: The Man of the Island

    Fleeing from Silver through the trees, Jim encounters Ben Gunn, a marooned former pirate who offers his help and a hidden boat in exchange for cheese and a passage home.

  9. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 10: Ashore

    The crew goes ashore on the island, and Jim secretly sneaks along, later witnessing Long John Silver brutally murder an honest sailor named Tom.

  10. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 9: In the Apple Barrel

    Hiding inside an apple barrel, Jim overhears Long John Silver plotting a violent mutiny with the crew once the treasure is safely loaded on the ship.

  11. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 8: Captain Smollett

    The sharp and serious Captain Smollett expresses his distrust of the crew and the treasure-hunting mission, ordering the guns and gunpowder to be moved safely as the Hispaniola sets sail.

  12. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 7: Long John Silver

    Squire Trelawney purchases the Hispaniola and hires a crew in Bristol, including a friendly, one-legged cook named Long John Silver, whom Jim immediately likes.

  13. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 6: The Map

    Jim delivers the mysterious packet to Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, revealing a treasure map belonging to the infamous Captain Flint.

  14. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 5: The End of Blind Pew

    The pirates ransack the inn searching for Captain Flint's paper, but scatter when officers arrive, leaving Blind Pew behind to be trampled by the officers' horses.

  15. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 4: The Sea Chest

    Jim and his mother open the dead captain's chest to collect the money he owes them, but they are forced to flee with a mysterious oilcloth packet as the blind man's tapping stick approaches.

  16. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 3: The Black Spot

    A terrifying blind man named Pew delivers a pirate message called the black spot to the captain, who suddenly dies of a stroke, leaving Jim and his mother in grave danger.

  17. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 2: Black Dog

    A pale pirate missing two fingers, named Black Dog, arrives to confront the captain, leading to a violent fight and the captain suffering a stroke.

  18. [A2] Treasure Island | Chapter 1: The Old Sea Captain

    As detailed in Treasure Island. Jim Hawkins introduces his family's inn, the Admiral Benbow, and a mysterious, fearful old sea captain who comes to stay and waits for a seafaring man with one leg.

  19. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 13: What Day Is It?

    Passepartout discovers that traveling east gave them an extra day, allowing Mr. Fogg to win the bet at the very last minute and marry Aouda.

  20. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 12: Too Late

    Detective Fix arrests Mr. Fogg in Liverpool, causing him to arrive in London five minutes late and seemingly lose his twenty-thousand-pound bet.

  21. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 11: Wood for the Fire

    When the steamship runs out of coal, Mr. Fogg buys the ship from the angry captain and burns all its wooden parts to reach Ireland.

  22. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 10: The Ship Is Gone

    After missing their ship in New York, Mr. Fogg pays Captain Speedy to board a small ship going to France, then locks the captain in his room to sail to Liverpool instead.

  23. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 9: Across America

    While traveling by train across America, the group is attacked by men on horses, and Mr. Fogg must rescue Passepartout with the help of thirty soldiers.

  24. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 8: The Circus in Japan

    A stranded Passepartout joins a circus in Yokohama as an acrobat, where he joyfully reunites with Mr. Fogg and Aouda in the middle of a performance.

  25. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 7: The Problem in Hong Kong

    In Hong Kong, Detective Fix gets Passepartout drunk so he misses the ship to Japan, forcing Mr. Fogg and Aouda to hire a small boat through a terrible storm.

  26. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 6: Aouda

    Mr. Fogg and his companions rescue a young woman named Aouda from a dangerous custom in the forest, and she joins their journey.

  27. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 5: No Train

    When the railway in India ends unexpectedly, Mr. Fogg buys an elephant named Kiouni for two thousand five hundred pounds to continue the journey through the forest.

  28. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 4: Detective Fix

    Detective Fix waits in Suez, Egypt, believing Mr. Fogg is a bank robber, and boards the ship to Bombay to follow him.

  29. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 3: Passepartout Is Not Happy

    Mr. Fogg abruptly leaves for Dover with a surprised Passepartout and a big bag of banknotes, while a police detective named Fix reads about the journey.

  30. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 2: The Bet

    At the Reform Club, Mr. Fogg bets twenty thousand pounds that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

  31. [A1] Around the World in 80 Days | Chapter 1: A Very Exact Man

    Mr. Phileas Fogg, a very exact man living in London, hires a new French servant named Passepartout who wants a quiet job.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Improve your English through the power of a great story. Brought to you by Cadmus Education Studios, Cadmus Graded Readers adapts the world’s most captivating narratives into accessible, level-appropriate audiobooks designed specifically for language learners.Every week, we release a brand-new story scaled to a different CEFR difficulty—ranging from foundational A1 adaptations all the way up to C2 mastery levels. Whether it is a timeless literary classic, a cinematic blockbuster, or the immersive survival mechanics of video games like The Last of Us and Horizon Zero Dawn, every episode helps you build vocabulary and listening comprehension without losing the thrill of the plot.Check the CEFR level in each episode title to find the perfect challenge for your current skills. Practice your pronunciation and listening on the go, and head over to dannyballan.com to read along with the text, unlock the full study workbooks, and dive deeper into the English language.

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Danny Ballan

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