Author: Viviana Kleinlercher, M.A.

Barba caerulea (“Bluebeard”) coming on Thursday!

It’s time for anoth­er fairy tale! What would you do if you were giv­en the keys to an entire man­sion and told there was just one room you must nev­er open? Per­rault’s Blue­beard is a tale of temp­ta­tion and secrets. 🔑 We can’t wait to share our Latin edi­tion with you. I’ve already made a […]

Petrarch’s letters to Cicero coming on Monday! 📜

UPDATE: The book is now avail­able! You can down­load it here. The book will present two let­ters writ­ten by Francesco Petrar­ca (1304–1374) addressed to the Roman states­man and ora­tor Mar­cus Tul­lius Cicero (106–43 BC). In 1345, Petrar­ch dis­cov­ered a man­u­script of Cicero’s Epis­tu­lae ad Atticum in the Chap­ter Library of Verona. This dis­cov­ery pro­vid­ed Petrar­ch with his […]

Matrona Ephesia (“The Widow of Ephesus”) now available 🥳

From the Satyri­con by Petro­n­ius (1st cen­tu­ry AD) ✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (clas­si­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion, nar­ra­tor: Daniel Pet­ters­son) A sol­dier, sta­tioned at a ceme­tery to guard cru­ci­fied crim­i­nals, notices a light flick­er­ing among the tombs. Dri­ven by curios­i­ty, he enters the crypt, set­ting the stage for a con­fronta­tion between the mourn­ing of the dead […]

Quick update on the Immersion Course

A quick update from me. 😊 I’m cur­rent­ly focus­ing main­ly on adding more inter­lin­ear trans­la­tions (or “trans­la­tion bub­bles”), images, and notes to the Immer­sion Course. This week I fin­ished Lev­el 6 (yippee! 🎉) and I’m already work­ing on Lev­el 7. Of course, we will con­tin­ue to pub­lish new books reg­u­lar­ly, but some of them won’t […]

“Psyche et Cupido” now available

✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (clas­si­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion, nar­ra­tor: Daniel Pet­ters­son) ✅ com­men­tary One of the great trag­ic love sto­ries from antiq­ui­ty is that of Psy­che and Cupid. It comes down to us as a part of the 2nd cen­tu­ry nov­el the “Gold­en Ass” by Apuleius. We here present an adapt­ed ver­sion in a more […]

Book recommendation: “Preces Nataliciae” 🙏🏻

If you cel­e­brate Christ­mas, you might want to take a look at our Christ­mas col­lec­tion of prayers, hymns, and songs, cho­sen and recit­ed by Father Mateo Mar­i­ano, suit­able for var­i­ous occa­sions and moments of reflec­tion. 💫 The book is avail­able to every­one free of charge and you can down­load it here.

“Little Red Riding-Hood” just published 👵🏻 🐺

✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (clas­si­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion, nar­ra­tor: Lau­rent d’Aumale) ✅ lit­er­al Leg­en­tibus trans­la­tion ✅ Latin com­men­tary ✅ glos­sary Cucul­lus ruber is an excel­lent Latin trans­la­tion (by Lau­rent d’Aumale) of Charles Per­rault’s French ver­sion of the fairy tale (“Le Petit Chap­er­on-Rouge”). Our book includes a Latin com­men­tary and a lit­er­al Eng­lish trans­la­tion. Some­what more dif­fi­cult […]

🌟“Vita Sancti Nicolai” now available🌟

It’s Christ­mas time! A great oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore the ori­gins of Saint Nicholas (or San­ta Claus). 🎅🏻 This medieval text, a hagiog­ra­phy of Saint Nicholas of Myra, presents a com­pre­hen­sive account of his life, char­ac­ter, and mir­a­cles. The author, Jacobus de Vor­agine (c. 1230–1298), was an Ital­ian chron­i­cler and the Arch­bish­op of Genoa. His most […]

Spooky season is upon us! 🎃👻

As the nights grow longer and the air turns crisp, ancient tales begin to stir… 🌙🦇 What bet­ter way to get into the Hal­loween spir­it than with some chill­ing tales… in Latin? We’ve curat­ed a col­lec­tion of spooky sto­ries per­fect for a dark and stormy night. Light a can­dle, open one of the fol­low­ing books, […]

New literal translation now available 📖

Fab­u­la de Cor­ne­lio Lentu­lo got an update today and you can now use the Eng­lish trans­la­tion. Sim­ply down­load or open the book here. One more gen­er­al note on trans­la­tions: You will some­times see a Latin present-tense verb, like dīc­it (“he/she says”), trans­lat­ed into the Eng­lish past tense as “he/she said.” This is not a mis­take but a […]