My son decided to take AS level English Literature despite his dyslexia as he's into drama and exploring and analysing stories. He finds reading long books with unknown vocab quite a challenge so we decided to download the audiobook of "Wuthering Heights" and he listened to it on his ipod while reading along - and that's the important part: he didn't want to be lazy about it, he just wanted a way of personalised support that would allow him to read at a decent pace with unusual words being managed for him without having to ask someone every couple of minutes. He was in charge, he could pause, play, go back as he liked, he could listen and read when and where he wanted, and, quite significantly, he had a precise idea of how long it would take to read a chapter (as the timings appear in the MP3 track info) which made the whole thing less daunting and more manageable for him. A PERFECT solution for a motivated student with a particular difficulty!
Here is a great FREE source for audiobooks: http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/ but there are more of course.
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