El conde Lucanor - Don Juan Manuel

Black Cat Spanish Graded Reader (Easy Reader): El conde Lucanor - Don Juan Manuel

Black Cat Spanish Graded Reader (Easy Reader), 96 page fully-illustrated book + audio CD. Level A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible Spanish 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 beginners of Spanish.

El conde Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel - Summary

El conde Lucanor is a collection of short stories with a moralistic theme, in which Patronio, the Count’s advisor, offers his advice on the issues provoked by each event being told. The stories, which feature farmers, courtiers and beggars as the lead characters, offer an insight into the lifestyle of the Spanish royalty and society in the Middle Ages.

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Una de las primeras obras en prosa de la literatura en castellano (siglo XIV), El conde Lucanor es una colección de cuentos de diferentes tradiciones (oriental, griega…), que el autor presenta a través del diálogo entre dos personajes: el conde Lucanor y su consejero Patronio. Tratan diferentes argumentos, y todos acaban con una moral. Obra de carácter didáctico, en que el autor mezcla varios géneros: el diálogo, el ejemplo, el proverbio, la argumentación con el objetivo de dar consejos para vivir mejor.