ConditionĮxtremities rubbed, minor wear to tips, cloth a little darkened, book block cracked in a couple of places but holding firm a very good copy. Half-title and title printed in red and black, frontispiece with tissue-guard and illustrations throughout by C. Original patterned cloth printed in blue, titles to spine and front cover in blue, patterned edges and endpapers. Almost nothing else in children's literature equals Pinocchio for wildness of invention" (Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard: The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). Disney and Netflix are both in the process of producing new versions. Lorenzini's publisher is said to have made a fortune out of it, but Lorenzini himself died too early in 1890 to witness its international success. The Adventures of Pinocchio has been adapted for film 18 times, including two live-action movies starring Roberto Benigni. It was published as a book in 1883 under the title Le Avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un burattino (History of a Puppet), and quickly became a best-seller. The story was written for a Rome children's magazine, the Giornale dei bambini, where the first instalment appeared on 7 July 1881. A giant statue of Pinocchio in the park Parco di Pinocchio. Though such an abrupt and morbid end would scarcely be allowed in today’s young literature, this turn of events hardly hindered the story’s popularity. "One of the best known fantasies, and the most popular children's book to come out of Italy. Collodi finished off the adventures of his magical, albeit impetuous, boy when Pinocchio is hanged for his misdeeds. "the most popular children's book to come out of Italy"įirst edition in English.
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