Short Stories in Italian for Beginners

What it actually is

Olly Richards' graded readers solve the classic beginner problem that real Italian books are far too hard: sci-fi, crime and fantasy plots written within a controlled vocabulary, with per-chapter word lists and summaries so you rarely need a dictionary. Two volumes exist at beginner level, plus an intermediate one. The prose is deliberately plain — it's training material, not literature.

What it covers

• Reading
• Vocabulary

Listed for

• Italian

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