About the editions

Lexico Books is the publishing side of Lexico, a reading app for people learning French, Spanish, Italian or German. The books here are the editions we make for the app, published as files you can keep.

Which books

Only works written in the language you are learning, complete and unabridged, and only works in the public domain. The first five titles are by Maupassant, Quiroga, Capuana, Kafka and Storm.

The translation

Each sentence of the original has its own English sentence. The translation is made to sit beside the original and show what it says and how it says it. It stays close to the word order where English allows and does not smooth the author’s style away. It is not meant to be read on its own. Every edition is read through line by line before it goes on sale, and corrections go into the files you already own.

Levels

Each title carries a level from B1 to C1 as a guide to the original text. With the English beside it, a reader one level below will manage, more slowly.

Who

Lexico Books is published by Azbouki R&D, Sofia. Write to hello@lexicobooks.com.