Lo straniero misterioso

Original author

Mark Twain

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Line by Line Publishing,

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Short, concrete sentences for early learners.

4,787 sentences

Chapter 1 of 14

Lo straniero misterioso, Capitolo 1

The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter 1

Era l'inverno dell'anno 1590.

It was winter in the year 1590.

L'Austria era lontana dal resto del mondo.

Austria was far away from the rest of the world.

Il paese dormiva tranquillo.

The country was sleeping and quiet.

La vita in Austria era ancora come nel Medioevo.

Life in Austria was still like the Middle Ages.

Sembrava che sarebbe rimasta così per sempre.

It seemed like it would stay that way forever.

Alcune persone dicevano che l'Austria era indietro di centinaia di anni rispetto ad altri posti.

Some people said Austria was hundreds of years behind other places.

Dicevano che la gente lì credeva ancora in vecchie idee e storie.

They said people there still believed in old ideas and stories.

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