Read four Alpine stories by Giuseppe Giacosa in the original Italian beside a clear English translation, one sentence at a time. A strange, restless mountain guide who turns out to be nothing like his reputation; the iron miners of Cogne; a guide who will not turn back; and the legend of the hospice on the Little St Bernard pass.

Every sentence is aligned Italian-to-English, so you always know exactly what you are reading. Tap any word for an instant definition, listen to natural audio in both languages, and follow the highlighted word alignment as the story is read aloud.

Giacosa — later the librettist of La Bohème and Tosca — wrote these sketches of the Aosta Valley in clean, standard literary Italian with a great deal of dialogue. Each story stands alone and runs to a few pages, which makes them well-sized reading practice for intermediate learners.

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