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Italian stories with audio
Listen to a Italian story while you read it, with the English beside every paragraph. 77 free stories, A1 to Pre-A1, with a speed control and no account needed.
77 free Italian stories to read and listen to
Open a story and press Listen. The voice reads paragraph by paragraph and the page follows it, with the English next to each Italian paragraph. Each level starts with its shortest stories.
- Pre-A1#5

La città
The Town
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 5 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#2

Nonna
Grandma
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 2 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#1

Una chiave
A Key
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 1 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#4

Il treno
The Train
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 4 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#7

Il cane
The Dog
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 7 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#8

Non questa porta
Not This Door
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 8 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#3

Una porta blu
A Blue Door
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 3 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#6

Tom
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 6 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#19

Nina fa il pane
Nina Makes Bread
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 19 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#9

Nina vuole il pane
Nina Wants Bread
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 9 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#20

C’è una porta nel parco
There Is a Door in the Park
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 20 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#21

Il figlio di Sara
Sara’s Son
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 21 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#13

La porta blu a scuola
The Blue Door at School
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 13 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#14

La nonna dice
Grandma Says
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 14 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#18

Niente soldi
No Money
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 18 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#16

La donna nella foto
The Woman in the Photo
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 16 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#17

Pioggia
Rain
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 17 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#22

Mattina
Morning
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 22 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#10

Una camera
A Room
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 10 · Italian · 5 min
- Pre-A1#11

Sara dice di no
Sara Says No
DuoText original · La porta blu · Story 11 · Italian · 5 min
- B1

Stanza 13
Room 13
DuoText original · Storie semplici · Italian · 20 min
- B1

Non ancora
Not Yet
DuoText original · Storie semplici · Italian · 20 min
- B2

La collana
The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant · Italian · 15 min
- B2

La zampa di scimmia
The Monkey’s Paw
W.W. Jacobs · Italian · 25 min
- C1

Il cuore rivelatore
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe · Italian · 10 min
The shortest 20 at each level are shown here; the Italian–English library has them all.
How to read and listen in Italian
- Beginners: follow the text with your eyes while the audio plays, at a slower speed if you need it, and do the same story again the next day.
- Intermediate: listen once without reading, then again with the text, and see what you missed.
- Any level: tap the words that keep coming back. With a free account they’re saved for review, and you can export them to Anki.
More on why this works in reading while listening and turning your words into flashcards.
Questions
Are these Italian stories with audio free?
Yes. Every story on this page is free to read and to listen to in the browser, and neither needs an account.
Can I slow the audio down?
Yes. The player has a speed control, skips by paragraph, and follows the text as it reads, so you always know where you are.
Can I see the English while I listen?
Yes. The English sits beside each Italian paragraph, and you can hide it until you want it. Tap any word for its meaning in that sentence.
What level are these Italian stories?
They run from A1 to Pre-A1 on the Common European Framework, shortest first. Start where you understand most of a page.