I Promessi Sposi - Alessandro Manzoni

Italian Graded Reader (Easy Reader): I Promessi Sposi - Alessandro Manzoni

Italian Graded Reader (Easy Reader), 128 page fully-illustrated book + audio CD. Level C1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

One of Italy's most renown literary classics, specially edited for advanced learners who want to enjoy the novel and advance their language skills. Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in Italian containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms. The audio CD contains both a complete reading of the text by a professional narrator and a set of pronunciation exercises. The combined package of book and CD work brilliantly together to create a wonderful, captivating learning resource for advanced level learners of Italian.

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I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni - Summary

Renzo and Lucia’s love story takes place in seventeenth century Milan which is dominated by the Spanish and torn apart by a terrible epidemic. Will love triumph despite all the difficulties? A timeless classic, and the first important novel in Italian literature.

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Nella Lombardia del XVII secolo, tra guerre, carestie e pestilenze, si svolge la storia d'amore di Renzo e Lucia. L’adattamento di questo classico della letteratura italiana, per studenti di livello avanzato, è corredato da numerose attività ed è arricchito da interessanti rubriche di civiltà. Il lettore avrà così informazioni non solo sulla Milano del passato e del giorno d’oggi, ma anche su alcune tradizioni ed elementi del costume italiano.