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Read the original. Understand every word.

In an interlinear book, every word is glossed in English directly beneath the original — no glossaries, no flashcards, no losing your place. We publish hand-glossed classics, fables and scripture as paperbacks and Kindle ebooks on Amazon.

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DertheMondmoonisthasaufgegangenrisen
— Matthias Claudius, “Abendlied”
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Real pages, every language.

Actual interior pages from the paperbacks — the original above, an English gloss beneath every word. Tap any one to read a few pages.

Every word translated beneath the original — vocabulary sticks while you simply read.

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Sixteen editions, seven languages.

Hand-glossed classics, fables and scripture — paperback and Kindle, printed on demand by Amazon.

Cover of Lessing's Fables (The German Reader), an interlinear German–English editionLessing's FablesG. E. LessingDEPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis), an interlinear German–English editionDie VerwandlungFranz KafkaDEPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of The Adventures of Pinocchio (The Italian Reader), an interlinear Italian–English editionThe Adventures of PinocchioCarlo CollodiITPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (The French Reader), an interlinear French–English editionArsène Lupin, Gentleman BurglarMaurice LeblancFRPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Fables of La Fontaine (Volume 1), an interlinear French–English editionFables of La FontaineJean de La FontaineFRPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Candide (The French Reader), an interlinear French–English editionCandideVoltaireFRPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Don Quijote (Volume 1), an interlinear Spanish–English editionDon QuijoteMiguel de CervantesESPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Samaniego's Fables (The Spanish Reader), an interlinear Spanish–English editionSamaniego's FablesFélix María de SamaniegoESPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Chekhov Short Stories (The Russian Reader), an interlinear Russian–English editionChekhov Short StoriesAnton ChekhovRUPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of German Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear German–English editionGerman ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesDEPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Spanish Reader (Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear Spanish–English editionSpanish ReaderEssential Bible StoriesESPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of French Reader (21 Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear French–English editionFrench Reader21 Essential Bible StoriesFRPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Italian Reader (Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear Italian–English editionItalian ReaderEssential Bible StoriesITPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Russian Reader (21 Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear Russian–English editionRussian Reader21 Essential Bible StoriesRUPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Portuguese Reader (21 Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear Portuguese–English editionPortuguese Reader21 Essential Bible StoriesPTPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Chinese Reader (21 Essential Bible Stories), an interlinear Chinese–English editionChinese Reader21 Essential Bible StoriesZHPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
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