Edmondo de Amicis (1846-1908) established a reputation as a writer in various genres after his experience as a soldier. Heart: A Schoolboy's Journal, one of his novels, became internationally popular, and has been translated into over twenty-five lan...
Representing the Huckleberry Finn of Italy, this is the most read classic in the country. Presented in the form of a diary, its subject is a young boy's life in Turin following Unification in 1870. The narrator, Enrico, writes vividly of school life...
Mr. Celzani finds himself consumingly in love with an Amazonian gymnast with whom he shares an apartment block. The machinations of their fellow inhabitants notwithstanding, he finds his romantic efforts repeatedly thwarted by his beloved’s single-...
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