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The Adventures of Pinocchio (Creative Editions) (Hardcover)

by Carlo Collodi (Author), Rita Marshall (Designer), Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Creative Edition (30 Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1568461909
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568461908
  • Product Dimensions: 29 x 21.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 852,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 through countless adventures, in the course of which his nose grows whenever he tells a lie, he is turned into a donkey, and is swallowed by a dogfish, before he gains real happiness. This new translation does full justice to the vibrancy and wit of Collodi's original. Far more sophisticated, funny, and hard-hitting than the many abridged versions (and the sentimentalized film) of the story would suggest, Ann Lawson Lucas's translation captures the complexity of Collodi's word-play, slapstick humour, and immediacy of dialogue. An adult reader will recognize social and political satire, and the invaluable introduction and notes illuminate the cultural traditions on which Collodi drew. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


About the Author

Ann Lawson Lucas is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Hull. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Make it this one., 17 Feb 2006
If you only ever buy one Pinnochio book this has to be the one, authentic illustration and great prose make this a book to treasure.
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4.0 out of 5 stars SOOOOO MUCH DIFFERENT, 8 Sep 2009
By S. ROVELLI - See all my reviews
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This is a great book.
And it is nothing like the Disney movie, thank goodness for that.
It is the original story and it keeps you hanging and waiting for what will happen next...
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4.0 out of 5 stars do you know what *really* happens in the story?, 29 Jan 2009
By Mae (UK) - See all my reviews
Nice to read the original version of the well-known classic. (don't think that you know the story just because you've seen the Disney film!)
Useful notes throughout to enhance the text, and information about the author in the foreword/introduction pages.
Suitable as a bed time story to be read to young children, or for older children/young teens.
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