Read six short stories by Horacio Quiroga — the master of the Latin American short story — in the original Spanish beside a clear English translation, one sentence at a time. A jeweller and the diamond he cannot give away, a ship found drifting with no one aboard, the feather pillow that will not let its owner rest, a man bitten by a snake on the Paraná, a hunt for wild honey in the jungle, and two boys with their first cigar.

Every sentence is aligned Spanish-to-English, so you always know exactly what you are reading. Tap any word for an instant definition, listen to natural audio in both languages, and follow the highlighted word alignment as the story is read aloud.

Quiroga writes short, plain, exact sentences — he set out to say a thing once and move on — which makes him unusually readable for learners while still being real literature. Each story is complete in itself and takes ten to twenty minutes to read.

This reader is part of a growing collection of bilingual story apps that pair timeless tales with modern language-learning tools.