This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Join Pinocchio as he learns what it means to be a real boy. Often his adventures are as harrowing and dangerous as real life. This is not the gentle world of Walt Disney, but a darker, richer world in which the good guy doesn't win just by showing up.

"Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet" is a captivating children's novel that intricately weaves themes of morality, identity, and maturation through the adventures of a wooden puppet yearning to become a real boy. Collodi employs a rich narrative style laden with fantastical elements and moral commentary, reflective of the broader Italian literary context of the 19th century, which often explored the complexities of human nature and societal expectations. As Pinocchio navigates a world filled ...

Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio is far more than a charming tale of a wooden puppet who longs to become a real boy. First serialized in the early 1880s as The Story of a Puppet, the book blends fairy tale, moral fable, picaresque adventure, and social satire. Its brisk, episodic style moves between comedy and cruelty, using Pinocchio's misadventures to explore obedience, poverty, education, temptation, and the difficult formation of conscience in modern Italy. Collodi, the pen name of Carlo Lore...

The Adventures of Pinocchio |Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio|, also simply known as Pinocchio, is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi.Extract| CHAPTER ITHE PIECE OF WOOD THAT LAUGHED AND CRIED LIKE A CHILDThere was once upon a time a piece of wood in the shop of an old carpenter named Master Antonio. Everybody, however, called him Master Cherry, on account of the end of his nose, which was always as red and polished as a ripe cherry.No...

According to Wikipedia: "Carlo Lorenzini (November 24, 1826 October 26, 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was a Florentine children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio."

There was once upon a time a piece of wood in the shop of an old carpenter named Master Antonio. Everybody, however, called him Master Cherry, on account of the end of his nose, which was always as red and polished as a ripe cherry.No sooner had Master Cherry set eyes on the piece of wood than his face beamed with delight, and, rubbing his hands together with satisfaction, he said softly to himself:"This wood has come at the right moment; it will just do to make the leg of ...

Follow Pinocchio, a wooden puppet, on his adventure to become a real boy. The mischievous marionette must learn how to be good for his wish to come true. This beloved tale, filled with fairies, talking crickets and man-eating fish, has been described as one of the greatest works of Italian literature of all time. “Pinocchio”, originally published in 1883, is the perfect bookshelf addition for collectors of fairy tales and lovers of children’s stories. Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890) was an Ita...

This classic story of a puppet who wants to become a real boy started as a serial written between 1881 and 1883, and was later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It describes the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. The novel incorporates a series of moral lessons in colorful comic images, such as little boys who skip school being turned into donkeys. Most memorably, it also includes the idea that tel...

revelatory new edition of the most widely translated Italian book in the world--soon to be a Netflix animated feature film co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, John Turturro, and Tilda SwintonA Penguin ClassicCarved from a piece of wood by the old carpenter Geppetto, the puppet Pinocchio comes to life and wants nothing more than to be a real boy. But while this beloved character has a...

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was originally a serial in 1881 and 1882, and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. It is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has inspired hundreds of new editions, stage plays, merchandising and ...

The classic children's tale about a little wooden boy, now in a full-color deluxe edition, packed with beautiful artwork and interactive features.Originally published in 1883, The Adventures of Pinocchio is one of the best known and beloved children's classics. Written by Italian political satirist Carlo Collodi, it is the story of Geppetto, a poor puppeteer who uses an enchanted piece of wood to carve a marionette boy he calls Pinocchio.The impish P...

A timeless classic of world literature, The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi tells the enchanting and often cautionary tale of a wooden puppet brought to life through extraordinary circumstances. Full of imagination, moral lessons, and unforgettable adventures, this beloved story follows a curious and impulsive character as he navigates a world filled with temptation, wonder, and consequence. From mischievous beginnings to extraordinary trials, the puppet's...