This is a great resource.

Readers should be aware that these stories have been rewritten in easy English. 

On the one hand, this is a very good thing, because most literature available for free was published before 1923 because of copyright laws. Most literature published before 1923 is written somewhat difficult English, even for native speakers.

The man walked down the trail on a cold, gray day. 

is a lot easier than

Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.

(Jack London, "To Build a Fire")

I do have to say, however, that it just does not feel right to have Stephen Crane's story, "The Open Boat," begin with the line

The small lifeboat bounced from wave to wave in the rough seas of the Atlantic.

when the real opening line,

"None of them knew the color of the sky,"

happens to be one of the most famous story openings in American literature.

Hi Laura! That's so kind of you to share, it's even with mp3, great! I certainly will be using them.

Thank you!