diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
index b424227..9000225 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
@@ -326,6 +326,24 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.That(obj[2]["x"].ConvertToDoubleArray(), Is.EqualTo(new[] { -2.0 }));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestTable()
+        {
+            var matFile = GetTests("good")["table"];
+            var obj = matFile["table_"].Value as IMatObject;
+            var table = new TableAdapter(obj);
+            Assert.That(table.NumberOfRows, Is.EqualTo(3));
+            Assert.That(table.NumberOfVariables, Is.EqualTo(2));
+            Assert.That(table.Description, Is.EqualTo("Some table"));
+            Assert.That(table.VariableNames, Is.EqualTo(new[] { "variable1", "variable2" }));
+            var variable1 = table["variable1"] as ICellArray;
+            Assert.That((variable1[0] as ICharArray).String, Is.EqualTo("First row"));
+            Assert.That((variable1[1] as ICharArray).String, Is.EqualTo("Second row"));
+            Assert.That((variable1[2] as ICharArray).String, Is.EqualTo("Third row"));
+            var variable2 = table["variable2"];
+            Assert.That(variable2.ConvertToDoubleArray(), Is.EqualTo(new[] { 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 }));
+        }
+
         private static AbstractTestDataFactory<IMatFile> GetTests(string factoryName) =>
             new MatTestDataFactory(Path.Combine(TestDirectory, factoryName));
 
diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/good/table.mat b/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/good/table.mat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20018a4
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diff --git a/MatFileHandler/TableAdapter.cs b/MatFileHandler/TableAdapter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0901f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MatFileHandler/TableAdapter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler
+{
+    public class TableAdapter
+    {
+        private readonly IMatObject matObject;
+
+        public TableAdapter(IArray array)
+        {
+            matObject = array as IMatObject;
+            if (matObject?.ClassName != "table")
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("The object provided is not a table.");
+            }
+            var cellArray = matObject["varnames"] as ICellArray;
+            VariableNames = Enumerable
+                .Range(0, cellArray.Count)
+                .Select(i => (cellArray[i] as ICharArray).String)
+                .ToArray();
+            NumberOfVariables = VariableNames.Length;
+            var props = matObject["props"] as IStructureArray;
+            Description = (props["Description"] as ICharArray).String;
+            NumberOfRows = (int) matObject["nrows"].ConvertToDoubleArray()[0];
+            var rowNamesArrays = matObject["rownames"] as ICellArray;
+            RowNames = Enumerable
+                .Range(0, rowNamesArrays.Count)
+                .Select(i => (cellArray[i] as ICharArray).String)
+                .ToArray();
+        }
+
+        public int NumberOfRows { get; }
+
+        public string[] RowNames { get; }
+
+        public int NumberOfVariables { get; }
+
+        public string[] VariableNames { get; }
+
+        public IArray this[string variableName]
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var maybeIndex = Enumerable.Range(0, VariableNames.Length)
+                    .Where(i => VariableNames[i] == variableName)
+                    .Select(i => (int?)i)
+                    .FirstOrDefault();
+                if (!(maybeIndex is int index))
+                {
+                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException($"Variable '{variableName}' not found.");
+                }
+                var data = matObject["data"] as ICellArray;
+                return data[index];
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public string Description { get; }
+    }
+}