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Heart is a novel written by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, writer and poet. The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by his own children Furio and Ugo who had been schoolboys at the time. It is set during the Italian... Read Full Overview

Coraz n, publicada en 1886, se convierte de inmediato en la obra cumbre de Edmondo de Amicis. Traducida a todos los idiomas, esta obra dedicada a los ni os y a los j venes, marca un hito en la literatura de su poca. Coraz n es una obra llena de humanidad y patriotismo, en ella... Read Full Overview

Ariel Juvenil recoge las obras m s importantes e influyentes de la literatura universal, en una versi n adaptada con ilustraciones tipo c mic. Coraz n es parte de esta gran colecci n. Los recuerdos de un ni o siempre son el reflejo de lo que ser esa persona cuando crezca. Enrique,... Read Full Overview

Narra c mo experimenta situaciones que le hacen ir creciendo emocionalmente. Es un libro pensado para conmover, con fuertes im genes de sacrificio (sobre todo en los relatos mensuales) y en donde se destacan los valores familiares, humanos y espirituales, y el patriotismo.

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 and the bustling city of vegetable-sellers,... Read Full Overview

Leer el diario de otra persona es como entrar en sus secretos. Esto es justo lo que ocurre con la lectura de Coraz n, diario de un ni o, donde Enrique, el protagonista, escribe con gran sensibilidad todo aquello que a lo largo de un ciclo escolar va dejando huella en su... Read Full Overview

Cuore, libro per ragazzi scritto da Edmondo De Amicis, fu un grande successo, tanto che de Amicis divenne lo scrittore pi? letto d'Italia. L'ambientazione ? all'indomani dell'unit? d'Italia, e il testo ha il chiaro scopo di insegnare ai giovani cittadini del Regno le virt? civili,... Read Full Overview

"A real classic of boy character and life, a book of singular charm and lasting value, of which we have spoken appreciatively more than once....This journal of an Italian schoolboy is worthy of a place alongside 'Tom Brown at Rugby' and 'The Story of a Bad Boy." -New Outlook... Read Full Overview

Cuore (Heart): An Italian Schoolboy is a novel by Edmondo De Amicis.

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 and the bustling city... Read Full Overview