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The Cathedral: read in Spanish (C1)

Read Blasco Ibáñez’s novel La catedral in Spanish. Level C1: rich descriptions of Toledo cathedral and its cloister, with instant word translation.

La Catedral by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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Level C1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Church and architectural vocabulary, long descriptive sentences, dialogue between cathedral workers, social and religious debate, early 20th-century Spanish prose

This article contains the full text of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s novel La catedral (1903), about the anarchist Gabriel Luna, who comes back, ill, to the cloister of Toledo cathedral where he grew up. Level C1 suits readers who can handle long descriptive sentences and rich vocabulary in Spanish. You will learn the language of architecture, church life and social argument.

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