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Italian Stories - A Banam Dual-Language Book
Italian Stories A Banam DualLanguage Book Author:Robert A. Hall, Jr. Front and Back Covers: — A brilliant collection of short stories presented in both the original Italian and a new, authoritative English translation. Learn the literature through the language; the language through the literature. — This Bantam dual-language book gives you — -an informative essay on Italian literature — -biographical-critical introdu... more »ctions to each story
-notes on obscure references and idioms
-an Italian-to-English vocabulary
-teaching and practice aids
-a helpful introduction on the uses of this volume
Bantam Dual-Language Books are designed for everyone who wants to read good stories -- everyone interested in a foreign language.
Table of Contents:
Forward
Giovanni Boccacccio
Il Decamerone: Giornate Ottava, Novella Terza
The Decameron: Eighth Day, Third Story
Niccolo Machiavelli
Belfagor; Novella del demonio che prese mogle
Belfagor; Story of the Devil Who Took a Wife
Matteo Bandello
Madonna Zilia
Madonna Zilia
Giovanni Verga
Rosso Malpelo
Rosso Malpelo
Antonio Fogazzaro
Un' idea di Ermes Torranza
An Idea of Hermes Torranza
Renato Fugini
La Fonte di Pietrarsa
The Fountain of Pietarsa
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gli Idolatri
the Idolators
Luigi Pirandello
Marsina stretta
The Tight Frock-Coat
Aldo Palazzeschi
Bistino e il signor marchese
Bistino and the Marquis
Corrado Alvaro
I Giocattoli Rotti
The Broken Toys
Alberto Moravia
La Concorrenza
Competition
Notes
Questionnaire
Vocabulary
For those who are interested in this book for language study, it is suggested that the stories be read in the following order of difficulty: Moravia, Alvaro, Fucini. Palzzeschi, Prindello, Vera, Fogazzaro, Bandello, Machiavelli, Boccaccio, d'Annunzio« less