I need help from an aficionado of Spanish literature.
I think I'm getting to the stage in my learning where I might be able to tackle a book in Spanish, albeit one with simple language and reading it slowly. I'm having trouble finding any places to get books in Spanish here (in Adelaide, Australia), but I do have an ebook reader. This is the list of free Spanish ebooks I can download for my reader:
http://mybebook.com/download_free_ebook/browse/languages/es/page/1
I was hoping someone could have a quick glance through the list and tell me whether there are any that would be interesting and suitable for a rank novice.
Failing that, maybe you have some other recommendations, and I'd just have to find a way to get my hands on them?
Edit- Ended up buying "James y el melocotón gigante" as well as "Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal" with expensive international shipping from Amazon, but should be worth it! Thanks for the help.
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If you're looking for a beginner book, why not try Charlotte's Web "La telarana de Carlota" or "James y el melocotón gigante" James and the Giant Peach. Both are books for children with lots of vocabulary (they are available at Amazon . com)
...interesting and suitable for a rank novice
Well... on that first page -unless I missed one- none of the books are probably not even suitable for a Spanish native speaker who doesn't read frequently and has a good vocabulary. It is literature for adults, pretty much like Shakespeare, but in Spanish.
Hamfist, I included some links for graded readings on this thread.
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/9479/instituto-cervantes-lots-of-help-for-learners
Personally the first book I tackled was "Holes" "Hoyos" en Español. Then I went on to "Don Quixote" In both instances though, it was very helpful to read the English text and the same time, that way if I had questions i was able to get a basic understanding of what was said by re-reading in English.
Another good thing to do is start out small with some of the old folklore stories, which are easy to find and are often only 3-4 pages in length.
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