289. The Black Cat - part 1 (B2 story)

First part of my B2 version of The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe: For the most strange , yet also ordinary , story that I am about to write, I do not expect belief , nor do I ask for it. To tell the truth , I would be foolish to expect anyone to believe me... Read story transcript with B2 words in bold: Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: My NEW book: " B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam " is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: At I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

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289. The Black Cat - part 1 (B2 story) is an episode from Practising English by M. A. Bilbrough.

This episode is 24:30 long.

This episode was published on Jan 22, 2026.

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