Project Gutenberg 2007-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 255 Bowen, Benjamin Lester 1860 1920 Various Verschillende Various, Various First Italian Readings Reading ease score: 52.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Chuck Greif and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "First Italian Readings" by Various is a language learning anthology written in the late 19th century. This work comprises a collection of selected readings designed to assist beginners in their study of the Italian language, offering engaging and approachable stories that cover varying levels of difficulty. The goal is to provide enjoyable texts that not only help develop reading skills but also introduce readers to Italian culture and literature. The opening of this anthology features a preface by the editor, Benjamin Lester Bowen, who outlines the purpose of the collection. He emphasizes that the book is aimed at students who are in the early stages of learning Italian and should complement their understanding of grammar through enjoyable reading material. The first selections include adaptations of familiar tales, such as "Il Gatto con gli Stivali" (Puss in Boots) and "Cenerentola" (Cinderella), showing the intent to present well-known stories in an accessible format for learners, while the subsequent stories promise to vary in tone and style to cater to diverse interests and skill levels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Italian language -- Readers PC Text Children's Instructional Books IT Linguistica Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Teaching & Education 472442 472315 2024-11-10T10:41:34.600859 2023-09-11T03:41:01.432040 text/html text/html 498583 2007-12-29T16:28:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 148623 2007-12-29T16:31:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 231539 2024-11-10T10:41:51.412792 application/epub+zip 233666 2024-11-10T10:41:39.161809 application/epub+zip 213635 2024-11-10T10:41:37.304808 application/epub+zip 545651 2024-11-10T10:41:59.106765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475773 2024-11-10T10:41:49.929760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432087 2022-09-11T08:16:30.079722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365491 365415 2024-11-10T10:41:31.159903 2023-09-11T03:40:58.376009 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 363936 2007-12-29T16:25:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 132741 2007-12-29T16:25:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20193 2024-11-10T10:41:59.272683 application/rdf+xml 15358 2024-11-10T10:41:37.955812 image/jpeg 3903 2024-11-10T10:41:37.631833 image/jpeg 224859 2024-11-10T10:41:34.637840 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog