Cuentos de la selva
- Approximate level
- B1
- Length
- 17,636 words
- Reading time
- 1 h 28 min
- Chapters
- 6
- Language
- Spanish
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Horacio Quiroga’s early twentieth-century stories draw on the animals, forests, and rural life of South America. The opening tale uses clear narrative Spanish alongside regional words for wildlife, food, and everyday objects, so some vocabulary may be unfamiliar. Most sentences are short or moderate in length, though dialogue and descriptive passages add detail. The themes include work, illness, survival, and people’s relationships with animals and the natural world.
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Questions about this book
What level of Spanish do I need for this book?
The estimate is B1, based on how common the words are and how long the sentences run. It is an approximation, not a test result. With a translation under every sentence you can start one level earlier than you would with a paper copy.
Is this book really free?
Yes. The work is in the public domain, and the text comes from Wikisource under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, so it costs nothing. In Lingo7 you open the book and read the first page for free; a subscription unlocks the whole library, the audio and the word practice.
How does reading with a translation work?
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How long does it take to read?
About 1 h 28 min at a native pace, spread over 6 chapters. In a foreign language plan for more: half an hour a day finishes a book of this size in a few weeks.
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