| Cuore (Heart) Contributor(s): De Amicis, Edmondo (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798677802461 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 260 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...his place, when his neighbors presented him with pens and a print; and another boy, from the last bench, sent him a Swiss postage-stamp.MY COMRADES.Tuesday, 25th.The boy who sent the postage-stamp to the Calabrian is the one who pleases me best of all. His name is Garrone: he is the biggest boy in the class: he is about fourteen years old; his head is large, his shoulders broad; he is good, as one can see when he smiles; but it seems as though he always thought like a man. I already know many of my comrades. Another one pleases me, too, by the name of Coretti, and he wears chocolate-colored trousers and a catskin cap: he is always jolly; he is the son of a huckster of wood, who was a soldier in the war of 1866, in the squadron of Prince Umberto, and they say that he has three medals. There is little Nelli, a poor hunchback, a weak boy, with a thin face. There is one who is very well dressed, who always wears fine Florentine plush, and is named Votini. On the bench in front ofClose... |