This week’s half-price ‘Ebook of the Week’ offer comprises two more titles from our Classic Italian movie series of Italian ‘easy readers.
The two short texts (with online audio) were written by an award-winning scriptwriter, who teaches Italian between movie projects, to pay the rent.
The idea is to make well-known films from Italian movie history accessible for all learners of the Italian language, not just advanced students with developed listening-comprehension skills.
This week’s half price choices are Ladri di biciclette (level A2/B1, pre-intermediate/intermediate) and Divorzio all’italiana (level B1, intermediate).
You can easily find both movies on the Internet, but most people never will, which is a shame. Ladri di biciclette is terribly sad, Divorzio all’italiana bitingly funny, both are worth your time.
For those willing to give reading and listening to Italian a try, below are links we found while writing this. You can go straight there and get started.
Ladri di biciclette: Wikipedia page | online movie
Divorzio all’italiana: Wikipedia page | online movie
Why then bother with our ‘easy reader’ ebook versions? Perhaps because other learners like you have found them helpful (and fun) in the past. Check out these reviews to see what they thought:
Ladri di biciclette ‘easy reader’ reviews | Divorzio all’italiana ‘easy reader’ reviews
And here are the ‘easy readers’ themselves, HALF-PRICE this week, remember!!
1948’s Ladri di biciclette, directed by Vittorio De Sica, won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Bafta (all in 1950…) So it must be good. It’s terribly sad, though…
- .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 any level
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Ladri di biciclette, just £4.99! | Free sample chapter (.pdf) | Classic Italian Movies series | Catalog
In contrast, 1961’s Divorzio all’italiana, directed by Pietro Germi, won ‘Best Comedy’ at Cannes the year after…
- .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 any level
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Divorzio all’italiana, just £4.99! | Free sample chapter (.pdf) | Classic Italian Movies series | Catalog
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P.S. 
Don’t forget to read/listen to Tuesday’s bulletin of ‘easy’ Italian news from EasyItalianNews.com.
These useful, FREE materials are published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Each contains a selection of ‘easy’ articles and an online audio recording, the idea being that regular reading/listening practice will help students build their comprehension skills, as well as consolidating the grammar they’ve studied and helping learn new words.
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