| Most people study Spanish to be able to speak and | | | | want to spend time at the Proyecto Filosofia en |
| carry on conversations they meet during travel or, | | | | Espanol (filosfia.org). Here you can read books in |
| perhaps, in the course of their work. | | | | Spanish covering a wide range of philosophical |
| A smaller but not insignificant number, though, desire | | | | subjects. |
| to go beyond speaking Spanish. They want to have | | | | You don't have to limit yourself to old material, either. |
| the pleasure of being able to read Spanish books and | | | | For instance, has a section of contemporary books in |
| other materials in the original language. | | | | Spanish at babab.com/biblioteca. They are offered |
| Thanks to the Internet you have a huge choice if | | | | completely free of charge; all you need is a copy of |
| you want to read books in Spanish online, or to | | | | Acrobat Reader on your computer to read them, |
| download them to your computer for perusing at | | | | since they're formatted in PDF. |
| your leisure. Many are in the public domain and are | | | | Don't forget good old Project Gutenberg, either. It |
| therefore free of cost. | | | | has a whole section of free texts in Spanish at |
| A huge selection of free books and other literature | | | | gutenberg.org/browse/languages/es. They range |
| authored in Spanish may be found at La Biblioteca | | | | from Aesops' Fables to Cervantes' Don Quixote, and |
| Virtual de Espanol (cervantesvirtual.com). Catalogued | | | | some are available in audio format for when you feel |
| like a real library, with sections and subsections | | | | like listening instead of reading. |
| ranging from literature to history to religion to | | | | These resources should be enough to fill the needs |
| travelogues to much more, this virtual Spanish library | | | | of any bibliophile wanting to read books in Spanish. |
| could keep you supplied for years with texts to read | | | | And if you want more, just Google for them. You |
| or download. | | | | might be surprised at the wealth of material available |
| If deep thoughts are to your liking, you'll definitely | | | | now. |