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31 Free Books in Catalan [PDF]

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Looking for books in Catalan? We've gathered 31 free books in Catalan in PDF, covering easy reads for beginners, children's stories, classic literature, poetry, and theater.

From Joanot Martorell's Tirant lo Blanc to the poems of Jacint Verdaguer and Joan Maragall, these ebooks show Catalan literature at its best. You will also find world classics in Catalan, like The Little Prince and Romeo and Juliet.

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Books in Catalan for Beginners

Start with a story you already know, like The Little Prince or The Wizard of Oz. These books in Catalan have familiar plots and short chapters, so the new words come easier.

Children's Books in Catalan

Andersen's fairy tales, old Catalan folk tales, and illustrated stories about values. These Catalan books for kids use short texts and simple words, good for new readers of any age.

Classic Literature in Catalan

Tirant lo Blanc was written in the 1400s, and Cervantes praised it in Don Quixote. After it come Catalan novels by Narcís Oller, Santiago Rusiñol, and Víctor Català, plus world classics in translation.

  • Tirant lo Blanc

    The great chivalric novel of the 15th century, praised by Cervantes in Don Quixote. A complete edition with all 487 chapters.

    Joanot Martorell

    Format: PDF 1169 pages 4.04 MB
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  • L'escanya-pobres (The Usurer)

    A short realist novel from 1884 about a miser consumed by greed. One of the key works by the father of the modern Catalan novel.

    Narcís Oller

    Format: PDF 77 pages 0.3 MB
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  • L'auca del senyor Esteve (The Story of Mr. Esteve)

    The story of a Barcelona shopkeeper family and the son who wants to be an artist. Includes the original drawings by Ramon Casas.

    Santiago Rusiñol

    Format: PDF 202 pages 3.79 MB
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  • Josafat

    A dark modernist novel from 1906 set in the bell tower of a Gothic cathedral. Short, intense, and unlike anything else of its time.

    Prudenci Bertrana

    Format: PDF 69 pages 0.49 MB
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  • Els sots feréstecs (Dark Vales)

    Considered the first modernist novel in Catalan, published in 1901. A priest tries to revive a remote mountain parish and meets fierce resistance.

    Raimon Casellas

    Format: PDF 127 pages 1.03 MB
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  • La Mare-Balena (Mother Whale)

    Seven stories by Víctor Català, the pen name of Caterina Albert. Rural life told with sharp and unsentimental prose.

    Víctor Català

    Format: PDF 71 pages 0.37 MB
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  • Els tres mosqueters (The Three Musketeers)

    Dumas's adventure of d'Artagnan and his three friends, complete in modern Catalan. A long read that moves fast.

    Alexandre Dumas

    Format: PDF 520 pages 2.07 MB
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  • Seny i sentiment (Sense and Sensibility)

    Jane Austen's novel about the Dashwood sisters in a modern Catalan translation. Complete in three volumes.

    Jane Austen

    Format: PDF 258 pages 1.21 MB
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  • El gran Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)

    Fitzgerald's Jazz Age novel in Catalan. At just over a hundred pages, it is one of the shortest classics in this list.

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Format: PDF 118 pages 0.56 MB
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  • Ilíada (The Iliad)

    Homer's epic of the Trojan War in a Catalan prose version, with hundreds of explanatory notes. Easier to read than verse translations.

    Homer

    Format: PDF 321 pages 1.86 MB
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  • Tres homes dins una barca (Three Men in a Boat)

    The comic classic about three friends and a dog rowing up the Thames. Light, funny, and a pleasant way to read Catalan.

    Jerome K. Jerome

    Format: PDF 263 pages 1.01 MB
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Poetry in Catalan

Five poets, five very different voices. Read Verdaguer's epic Canigó, then move to Joan Maragall, Josep Carner, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, and Joan Alcover.

  • Canigó

    The epic poem of the Pyrenees by the leading poet of the Catalan literary revival. Twelve cantos and an epilogue, in the original 1901 spelling.

    Jacint Verdaguer

    Format: PDF 175 pages 0.43 MB
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  • Visions i Cants (Visions and Songs)

    Maragall's 1900 collection, with his visions of Catalan legends and El cant de la senyera. The best single book to meet this poet.

    Joan Maragall

    Format: PDF 61 pages 0.27 MB
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  • Enllà (Beyond)

    A short 1906 book of poems that includes the second part of El comte Arnau. Nature, legend, and Maragall at his most personal.

    Joan Maragall

    Format: PDF 34 pages 0.16 MB
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  • Els fruits saborosos (The Tasty Fruits)

    Eighteen poems, each named after a fruit, that follow life from childhood to old age. A landmark of early 20th century Catalan poetry.

    Josep Carner

    Format: PDF 47 pages 0.2 MB
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  • El poema de la rosa als llavis (The Poem of the Rose on the Lips)

    A facsimile of the 1923 first edition of this avant-garde love poem, with its original typography and illustrations.

    Joan Salvat-Papasseit

    Format: PDF 109 pages 1.8 MB
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  • Cap al tard (Toward Evening)

    The 1909 masterpiece of the Mallorcan poet Joan Alcover. Includes La Balanguera and the elegies he wrote after losing his children.

    Joan Alcover

    Format: PDF 68 pages 0.45 MB
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Theater in Catalan

Àngel Guimerà wrote Terra baixa, the most performed play in Catalan theater. You will also find Frederic Soler and three Shakespeare plays in Catalan translation.

From medieval knights to modern poets, these books in Catalan cover more than five centuries of writing.

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