The Coachman ( l'Omino) – The owner of the Land of Toys who takes people there on his stagecoach pulled by twenty-four donkeys that mysteriously wear white shoes on their hooves.Romeo/"Lampwick" or "Candlewick" ( Lucignolo) – A tall, thin boy (like a wick) who is Pinocchio's best friend and a troublemaker."Geppetto" is a syncopated form of Giuseppetto, which in turn is a diminutive of the name Giuseppe ( Italian for Joseph). He wears a yellow wig that looks like cornmeal mush (or polendina), and subsequently the children of the neighborhood (as well as some of the adults) call him "Polendina", which greatly annoys him. Geppetto – Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus father) of Pinocchio.
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Pinocchio – Pinocchio is a marionette who gains wisdom through a series of misadventures that lead him to becoming a real human as reward for his good deeds.7 Monuments and art works dedicated to Pinocchio.According to Francelia Butler, it also remains "the most translated Italian book and, after the Bible, the most widely read". According to Viero Peroncini: "some sources report 35 million, others 80, but it is only a way, even a rather idle one, of quantifying an unquantifiable success". The story has been a public domain work in the U.S. Likely one of the best-selling books ever published, the actual total sales since first being published are unknown due to the many reductions and different versions. Since its first publication, it has inspired hundreds of new editions, stage plays, merchandising, television series and movies, such as Walt Disney's iconic animated version, and commonplace ideas such as a liar's long nose.Īccording to extensive research by the Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi and UNESCO sources in the late 1990s, the book has been translated into as many as 260 languages worldwide, making it one of the world's most translated books. Philosopher Benedetto Croce reputed it as one of the greatest works of Italian literature. Ī universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture. Since then, the spread of Pinocchio on the main markets for children's books of the time has been continuous and uninterrupted, and it was met with enthusiastic reviews worldwide. In February 1883, the story was published in a single book. The story stopped after nearly 4 months and 8 episodes at Chapter 15, but by popular demand from readers, the episodes were resumed on 16 February 1882.
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It was originally published in a serial form as The Story of a Puppet ( Italian: La storia di un burattino) in the Giornale per i bambini, one of the earliest Italian weekly magazines for children, starting from 7 July 1881. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. The Adventures of Pinocchio ( / p ɪ ˈ n oʊ k i oʊ/ pin- OH-kee-oh Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio commonly shortened to Pinocchio) is a novel for children by an Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Pescia.
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