Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01B2N7CEA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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I was conflicted at first playa I know this is a classic tale, and follows many themes present in the writing of that era, but it was so difficult to get through. Pinocchio faces so many half-page long dramas that you stop caring that there's a snake in the road and begin to hope the snake eats him. He never learns, the writing is inconsistent (at one point, his feet burn off without his notice, but later, he gets caught in a trap and experiences great pain?). I read more than half this book while drunk because I just couldn't bring myself to continue on sober. I actua. pinnochio hereswhatithink Pinocchio? Really? You're reading Pinocchio? Ok, I can explain this.A week or two ago, my mum and I were talking books, and my dad, feeling a little left out, announced that he also bought a novel at Barnes and Noble while my mum was purchasing a Victor Hugo I was a little surprised because he doesn't really read anything except medical books or non-fiction."What did you buy?""Pinocchio.""Ha ha, funny. No really, what did you buy?""I bought Pinocchio."Silence."Yeah, the lady at the checkout was pretty surprised too.""You really bought Pi. So much better than the Disney version! Richard and Liz What have I been missing all these years?! Seriously, if you have never read the original Pinocchio get your copy today. We have just finished reading it to our 11 and 8 year olds and they LOVED it as did we.Pinocchio starts talking before he is even made into a puppet and the altercations between him, Mr. Cherry the carpenter and Gepetto at the beginning of the book are hilarious. In this original Pinocchio is WAY worse than in the Disney version and gets into many scrapes, all of his own making as he is very lazy and selfish. Will he e
Pinocchio is one of the most famous characters in children’s literature, and this is a copy of Collodi’s widely popular stories about the puppet whose nose grows with each lie.