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Pinocchio plays pranks upon the kindly woodcarver Geppetto, is duped by the Fox and the Cat, kills the pedantic Talking Cricket, and narrowly escapes death, with the help of the blue-haired Fairy. A wooden puppet without strings, Pinocchio is a tragicomic figure, a poor, illiterate,... Read Full Overview

Perella's translation and introductory essay capture the wit, irony, ambiguity, and social satire of the original nineteenth-century text, finally reclaiming Pinocchio for adult readers. It also represents the first time the whole story has appeared in English. This bilingual... Read Full Overview

Exciting tale about the naughty puppet that turns into a loving and obedient little boy after a series of harrowing experiences. 30 new illustrations. Abridged.

Le avventure del burattino pi? famoso del mondo, con i loro insegnamenti morali e le argute descrizioni di personaggi divenuti proverbiali che ancora oggi si incontrano nella vita quotidiana.Un classico della letteratura per ragazzi che dopo la prima edizione del 1883 ? diventato... Read Full Overview

The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio... Read Full Overview

"Las aventuras de Pinocho" es una obra literaria escrita por el autor italiano Carlo Collodi. Fue publicado en Italia en el peri dico "Giornale per i bambini" desde 1882 hasta 1883, con los t tulos "Storia di un Burattino" ("Historia de un t tere"), y es una de las obras m s... Read Full Overview

BILINGUAL : English-Italian facing translations on two columns within the same page (it's easier to read and to check correspondences between the two languages) ILLUSTRATED : With all 83 drawings by Enrico Mazzanti from the original edition approved by the author Carlo Collodi... Read Full Overview

When the old woodcarver Geppetto carves a puppet out of a talking piece of wood, his creation can dance, sing, and do somersaults--but is also very naughty and disobedient. Carlo Collodi's classic story of a puppet who dreams of becoming a boy--and his incredible adventures--gets... Read Full Overview

A newly translated and illustrated version of the original story published in 1881 includes a plot and characters quite different from the Disney adaptation, offering a social critique of poverty, government, and education.