Especially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy-to-read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material — with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.
The selections, by significant writers of the past and present (Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Juan José Milla, Eufronio Viscarra, Ricardo Palma, Lope de Rueda, Enrique Amorim, Juan José Arreola, and other noted writers), derive from the best an...
A surprisingly interesting collection of stories
"First Spanish Reader" collects 41 pieces of text - typically short stories, which will range from a paragraph (generally moral stories) to multiple pages, though there are some collections of proverbs as well. The Spanish original is printed on the left with an accompanying English translation on the right.
There's a vocabulary list of the words used in the back, as well as comprehension questions for each story (no answers provided).
I really enjoyed the stories picked here. This book was or