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This page is for cataloguing all of the legal, gratis, complete LR material available. To be listed on this page, there needs to be an audiobook and a parallel text (with any two or more languages). Put language pairs in alphabetical order by common English name.
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Learning French
English base
Germinal
DavidW's French-English parallel text of "Germinal" and Litterature audio's French audiobook of "Germinal"
- Reader: Pomme
- Duration: 21:00:00
- Author: Émile Zola
- TODO: which translation is it? How are the texts and audiobook licensed?
The Three Musketeers
French-English Parallel text of "The Three Musketeers"/"Les Trois Mousquetaires" and LibriVox's French audiobook of "Les Trois Mousquetaires"
- Reader: Jc Guan
- Duration: 26:57:35
- Audiobook license: Public domain
- Parallel text license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Text translated into English by: W. Robson (1785-1863)
Learning Hungarian
English base
The Blockade Runners
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "The Blockade Runners"/"Az ostromzáron át", and Hungarian audiobook of "Az ostromzáron át". Duration 2:28:15.
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Note: Both texts are translations; the original language is French. Jules Verne, 1876.
Note: Translators? Reader?
See Details for The Blockade Runners
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"/"A párizsi Notre-Dame", and Hungarian audiobook of "A párizsi Notre-Dame", read by Bodor Tibor. Duration 26:03:43.
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Note: Both texts are translations; the original language is French. Victor Hugo, 1482.
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Ivanhoe
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "Ivanhoe" and Hungarian audiobook of "Ivanhoe" (30:28:45).
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Note: English is the original language. Written in 1819 by Sir Walter Scott. Translated by Szinnai Tivadar.
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Jane Eyre
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "Jane Eyre" and Hungarian audiobook of "Jane Eyre", read by Ridegh Annamária. Duration 20:41:12.
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Note: English is the original language. By Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847. Translated by Ruzitska Mária.
The Naulahka
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "The Naulahka: A Story of West and East"/"A maharadzsa kincse" and Hungarian audiobook of "A maharadzsa kincse", read by Szoboszlai Éva. Duration 10:23:11.
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English is the original language. Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier, 1892. Hungarian translator: Déry Tibor.
The Charterhouse of Parma
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "The Charterhouse of Parma"/"A pármai kolostor" and Hungarian audiobook of "A pármai kolostor". Duration 18:08:35.
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Both languages are translations; the 1839 French original, "La Chartreuse de Parme" is by Marie-Henri Beyle, pen-name Stendhal. English translation by Henri Beyle. Hungarian translation by Illés Endre.
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The Pickwick Papers
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "The Pickwick Papers"/"A Pickwick Klub" and Hungarian audiobook of "A Pickwick Klub", read by Tamás Amaryllis. Duration 37:56:51.
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English is the original language. Charles Dickens, 1836. Translated into Hungarian by Hevesi Sándor, and revised by Geza Ottlik.
Quo Vadis
Parallel English-Hungarian text of "Quo Vadis" and Hungarian audiobook of "Quo Vadis". Duration 23:19:02.
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Both texts are translations; the original is in Polish. Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1895. Translated to English by Jeremiah Curtin. Translated to Hungarian by Mészáros István.
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Learning Italian
English base
Anna Karenina
Parallel English-Italian text of "Anna Karenina" and Italian audiobook of "Anna Karenina"
- Duration 37:28:26.
- Reader: Silvia Cecchini.
- Author: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й)
- Audiobook license: Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5link esterno.
Both texts are translations; the original is in Russian. Leo Tolstoy, 1877. Translated into English by Louise and Aylmer Maude, 1918. Translated into Italian by Maria Bianca Luporini.
I Promessi Sposi
A multi-page HTML parallel text by Ercole Guidi and a Liber Liber recording.
- Duration 26:24:24.
- Reader: Silvia Cecchini.
- Author: Alessandro Manzoni
- Audiobook license: Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5link esterno.
- Parallel text license: custom, educational use ok, commercial use prohibited. © Ercole Guidi
Le avventure di Pinocchio
A multi-page HTML parallel English-Italian text of "Pinocchio" and LibriVox's Italian audiobook of "Pinocchio".
- Duration: 4:46:40
- Reader: Simona
- Author: Carlo Collodi
- Audiobook license: Public domain
- Parallel text license: custom, educational use ok, commercial use prohibited. © Ercole Guidi
See also Details for The Adventures of Pinocchio. There are multiple Italian recordings of this book, of comparable quality.
Learning Russian
English base
Иванов
A parallel Russian-English text of "Ivanoff"
- Author: Anton Chekov (Антон Чехов)
Дядя Ваня
A parallel Russian-English text of "Uncle Vanya"
- Author: Anton Chekov (Антон Чехов)
Чайка
A parallel Russian-English text of "The Seagull"
- Author: Anton Chekov (Антон Чехов)
Три сёстры
A parallel Russian-English text of "The Three Sisters"
- Author: Anton Chekov (Антон Чехов)
- Note: A play
Вишневый сад
A parallel Russian-English text of "The Cherry Orchard"
- Author: Anton Chekov (Антон Чехов)
- Note: A play
Анна Каренина
A parallel Russian-English text of "Anna Karenina"
- Author: Leo Tolstoy (Лев Толстой)
Собачье сердце
A parallel Russian-English text of "The Heart of a Dog"
- Author: Mikhail Bulgakov (Михаил Булгаков)
Мастер и Маргарита
A parallel Russian-English text of "The Master and Margarita"
- Author: Mikhail Bulgakov (Михаил Булгаков)
Преступление и наказание
A parallel Russian-English text of "Crime and Punishment"
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky (Федор Достоевский)
Language pairs with under 40 hours of prepared material
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Learning English
French base
The Three Musketeers
French-English Parallel text and English audiobook
- Reader: various readers
- Duration: 24:49:46
- Audiobook license: public domain
- Parallel text license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Text translated into English by: W. Robson (1785-1863)
Learning Hungarian
French base
Les Indes Noires
French-Hungarian parallel text of "Les Indes Noires"/"A Fekete Indiák" and Hungarian audiobook of "A Fekete Indiák". Duration 6:24:02.
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The original language is French. Jules Verne, 1877. Translated into Hungarian by Varga Ottó. English names: "The Child of the Cavern", "Black Diamonds", and "The Black Indies".
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Learning Italian
Spanish base
Don Quijote de la Mancha
An ALK Libri recording and Italian-Spanish parallel text.
Note: TODO: make sure the text and audiobook correspond, and add the length of the recording.
Learning Mandarin
English base
Analects of Confucius
English-Mandarin text with mouse-over dictionary.
Mandarin audio. Multiple readers. Duration 2:27:53.
Audiobook license: public domain.
Text license: ©2003-2011 J. Lau. All rights reserved.
Learning Spanish
Don Quixote is from the early 1600s. Some expressions are old-fashioned.
English base
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
English-Spanish parallel text and the recommended Spanish recording. Approximate duration: 37 hours.
Text license: ??
Note: See Audiobooks of Don Quijote de la Mancha for a choice of several recordings, and more details on the recordings.
Lazarillo de Tormes
The text is available page by page in HTML or as a downloadable PDF. LibriVox has a Spanish recording, read by "Tux". Duration 1:56:36.
Audiobook license: public domain.
Text license: ??
Note: published in 1554.
French base
L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche
French-Spanish parallel text and the recommended Spanish recording. Approximate duration: 37 hours.
Note: See Audiobooks of Don Quijote de la Mancha for a choice of several recordings.
Text license: ??
German base
Der sinnreiche Junker Don Quijote von der Mancha
German-Spanish parallel text and the recommended Spanish recording. Approximate duration: 37 hours.
Note: See Audiobooks of Don Quijote de la Mancha for a choice of several recordings.
Text license: ??
Italian base
Don Chisciotte della Mancia
Italian-Spanish parallel text and the recommended Spanish recording. Approximate duration: 37 hours.
Note: See Audiobooks of Don Quijote de la Mancha for a choice of several recordings.
Text license: ??
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