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Presents three readings and review questions, all in Spanish, for beginning students of the language.

The objects and activities pictured in this illustrated "wordbook and reader" are accompanied by both the Spanish and English terms, phrases, and sentences.

Pepita Jiménez depicts the gradual realization by a young seminarian of the empty vanity of his vocation, while he falls in love on the eve of his ordination. The novel gives a view of rural life in the Andalusian region of Spain. The story touches on themes of physical versus spiritual love and finding one's true path in life.

En la Andalucía del siglo XIX, la joven Pepita Jiménez -obligada por su tía Salvaora a casarse con el usurero Gumersindo- enviuda durante su banquete de bodas. Tras el funeral de su marido, Pepita es pretendida por un conde y por el hacendado Pedro, padre del seminarista Luis. Sin embargo, la joven se siente atraída por Luis, quien vuelve a su pueblo natal para pasar una vacaciones antes de ordenarse sacerdote y contiene su deseo por respeto a...

"Improve your comprehension, grow your vocabulary and ignite your imagination with these eight unconventional Spanish short stories!"--