Cuore (Heart): An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Edmondo De Amicis
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"Cuore (Heart): An Italian Schoolboy's Journal" by Edmondo De Amicis is a children's novel published in 1886. Written as a diary, it follows eleven-year-old Enrico Bottini through his third-grade year in Turin, where he navigates friendships with classmates from diverse backgrounds. Through daily entries and monthly moral tales, the novel explores themes of compassion, family devotion, and Italian patriotism during the unification era. Each story presents different ethical lessons, from helping the
poor to honoring one's country, creating a portrait of childhood shaped by social awareness and national identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928 |
| Title | Cuore (Heart): An Italian Schoolboy's Journal |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Emanuela Piasentini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Italy -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Diaries -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Family life -- Italy -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 28961 |
| Release Date | May 24, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1530 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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