Collection: Language Learning Fiction

Paris au Moyen Âge. La jeune bohémienne Esmeralda, accusée de meurtre et de sorcellerie, doit être pendue. Mais dans l'ombre des tours de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, Quasimodo veille.

Three short stories portray a world in constant change. Each text is written as a letter—an attempt to build bridges across silence, distance, and the struggle to belong. From Canada to Tunisia, passing through Paris, southern France, and even Alaska, the correspondents reflect on identity, conne...

Nouvelles Mythologies is a collection of 57 texts written by authors, journalists and editorialists under the direction of Jérôme Garcin and published in 2007 at Éditions du Seuil to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the essay Mythologies by Roland Barthes.

These tales explore the complexities of human identity, social masks, irony, and the fragile boundary between sanity and madness. Through sharply observed characters and everyday situations that twist into the unexpected, Pirandello reveals the contradictions of modern life and the psychological ...

"En Madrid se mata poco", le decía al joven subinspector Ángel Zárate su mentor en la policía; "pero cuando se mata, no tiene nada que envidiarle a ninguna ciudad del mundo", podría añadir la inspectora Elena Blanco, jefa de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos, un departamento creado para resolver lo...

Cecco lives in the hills near Siena and spends his days with his best friend, Nuvola, a gentle, cloud‑colored horse. As the famous Palio race approaches, excitement rises across all the city’s contrade. But Cecco is worried: after an accident, Nuvola is terrified of whistles, and his first Palio ...

Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of comic albums created by Belgian artist Georges Remi (1907?1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century.

With grammar and comprehension exercises, this easy reader is beautifully designed and illustrated. In addition to an introduction in accessible German containing interesting facts that place the story in context, the text also includes a glossary at the end explaining difficult words.

Scope and content: "L guerra di Troia è finita ed Ulisse parte per raggiungere la sua patria, Itaca. Sarà un lungo, lunghissimo viaggio durante il quale si troverà a fronteggiare pericoli e minacce di ogni genere: giganti con un occhio solo, belle fanciulle che incantano i naviganti, mostri marin...

Max lives in Florence and is a high school student passionate about technology. When his Italian teacher gives him a test on the poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy, Max is not happy at all! Dante is not modern, he is a medieval man, how boring!.