6 Scandalous Short Stories in Spanish: For Adults to Learn Spanish the Fun Way

You can follow a conversation in Spanish, right up until someone starts gossiping.

Have you ever felt uninspired by the content of your Spanish textbook, or wondered why isn't there more adult material for language learners?

You have come to the right place.

6 Scandalous Short Stories in Spanish follows six sets of characters chasing romance (and making a spectacular mess of it) in modern-day Spain.

A confident lawyer in Madrid with her eye on the posh gym bro. A thirty-something three dates into the most promising Tinder match of her life. Two rival politicians who shared a bed at university. An exchange student one vowel away from disaster.

Every one of them ends somewhere you did not see coming.

Nobody in these stories behaves well. They lie, they cheat, and their morals don't improve. Your Spanish will.

Written in Castilian, for grown-ups

Colloquial, current Spanish as it is really spoken, set in Madrid, Barcelona, Cádiz and Galicia, with slang, swearing and cultural references left in.

B1 to B2, and honest about where it sits

The stories run at B2. What makes them suitable for B1 learners is the structure around them: chapter summaries in simplified, present-tense Spanish and vocabulary lists translated into English. Brushed into the stories are a few C1 idioms, some slang and turns of phrase that textbooks leave out. An ambitious B1 reader gets through it and reads better as a result. A B2 reader gets stretched.

Included in every story

• Vocabulary and expressions used in both formal and conversational Spanish.
• Grammar structures that do the real work of telling a story and explaining what people got up to.
• Cultural references drawn from Spanish music, history, traditions, food and politics.

And to keep you moving

• Illustrations to help you picture the scene.
• End-of-chapter summaries in Spanish, so you never lose the thread.
• Vocabulary lists glossed in English, with the harder words in bold.
• Debate questions for each story, to put the new words to work.

Curious to see how these scandalous love stories pan out, and improve your Spanish while you are at it?

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Paperback copy contains black-and-white illustrations.