This week’s half-price eBook of the Week offer takes a trip back in time with this ‘easy reader’ version of Boccaccio’s 14th century, plague-era, short stories, Decameron.
The level is B1/B2, so intermediate/upper-intermediate, but being short stories they’re accessible to a wider range of students, compared to a full-length novel, which would require more stamina…
Iniziato nel 1348 all’indomani della peste, il Decameron è una raccolta di cento novelle, scritte con un linguaggio che fa del Boccaccio il vero iniziatore della prosa narrativa italiana. Le novelle sono di diversa lunghezza, narrano avventure straordinarie ma anche fatti quotidiani…
… and some of them made me laugh out loud!
Picture an Italian ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and you’ll have a good idea what to expect. Our Italian-teacher writer has selected just eight of the tales for us, and rewritten them in modern Italian.
The thirty pages of text and approximately forty minutes of online audio together offer an entertaining insight into fourteenth century Florence, and the origins of Italian literature.
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at intermediate level or above
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Remember, this week ‘Decameron‘ is 50% discounted, so just £4.99 rather than the usual ‘easy reader’ ebook price of £9.99!
Buy ‘Decameron‘ just £4.99! | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf) | Italian literature | World Literature | Catalog
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