About this title: The classic children's story, written by Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini) in 1883. It tells the story of Pinocchio, a puppet come to life, whose various adventures serve to teach him right from wrong.
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: Airmont Publishing Co., Inc., New York
ISBN-13:9780804901017ISBN:0804901015
Description: Fair-Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light creasing to spine and covers. Light edge wear. Stain to bottom of leading margin fir first 40 pages. Pages yellowing. Illustrated in B&W. Translated by M.A. Murray. Complete and unabridged. 157pp. read more
Description: Good. Light Wear And Creasing *** Expect to see light wear and some spine creasing *** Dispatched in padded packaging. ** UK SELLER-Get it in days not weeks ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PAPERVIEW LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9782874271144ISBN:2874271144
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Description: Good. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fabbri Publishing Ltd
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781855873445ISBN:1855873443
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140350371ISBN:0140350373
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Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Ladybird Books Ltd
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780721435886ISBN:0721435882
Description: Good. Hardcover, Ladybird book, good condition. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Ladybird Books Ltd
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780721435886ISBN:0721435882
Description: Fair. Hardcover, Ladybird book, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Childrens Classics/Parragon
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9781858137063ISBN:1858137063
Description: Good. Paperback, reading crease to spine and corners otherwise good condition. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ladybird Books Ltd
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780721435886ISBN:0721435882
Description: Very Good. VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Description: Very Good. PAPERBACK-VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Binding: Board book
Publisher: Fleetway Bks
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780850375480ISBN:0850375487
Description: Very Good. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
"Were it not for the last 40 pages, this would easily have been a one star book. That's how much I hated Pinocchio's stupidity in service of Collodi teaching kids a lesson. I laughed way too hard when Pinocchio, being stupid as usual, got punched in the head. And at one point halfway through it, I got up to go do my dishes, figuring even that would be more fun than reading this book.
There is way too much moralizing going on here for me, but it does get a lot better when the recognizable plot points from the Disney movie start happening -- the donkeys, the whale/shark -- and Collodi finally stops trying to teach kids a lesson, letting the actions of his main character demonstrate virtue instead."
"This review by William Grimes sums it up perfectly: "First the bad news: in chapter four Pinocchio smashes Jiminy Cricket against the wall with a wooden mallet. Old Gepetto doesn't have a cat named Figaro. Monstro the Whale is in fact an anonymous shark suffering from asthma and heart palpitations. In other words, Disney took certain liberties with Collodi's text, so first-time readers are in for a few surprises. The good news is that the real Pinocchio offers pleasures never hinted at by Disney....A masterful blend of realism and fantasy."
This edition is INCREDIBLE because the translator offers great insight to many of the Italian phrases (most of which have wit that is lost in its translation to English.)"
"I said to a friend earlier today that after reading Don Quixote last year, Huck Finn earlier this summer and now this I'm partial to stories about travelling manchildren. I suppose Savage Detectives falls into this category as well.
The back copy for this book seems to draw a line in the sand when it comes to the Disney adaptation of this book, with Collodi's original on one side and Disney's version on the other. I was happy to see in Rebecca West's afterword that, while she acknowledges the differences, like me, she sees the genius of Disney in keeping to the themes of this book while making the changes for 1940 America and the specific tastes of its creator for better and worse. I'm a big fan of the film and this only makes me appreciate it more.
The book itself is pretty magical. It's a satire wrapped up in a road novel in the clothes of a fairy tale (or maybe the other way around). Collodi's narrative moves with the brisk pace of a child's adventure novel while giving the street-level view of the world around him seen in writers like Dickens, yet still maintains the fantastic events of epic fantasy. I compare it to Quixote and Huck Finn because it does many of the same things in much the same way, breezing past you so quickly that you don't realize what it leaves you with until you wake up days later still thinking about its characters, themes, and technique. Highly recommended!"
"I don't think I even meant to download the ebook for Pinocchio -- it's not something I had on my mental list of books I intended to read. I don't know who translated the version I read, but it was easy enough to read. It reads like quite a light story, but Pinocchio isn't a terribly nice character. He's, well. A boy. A little boy, selfish and without much of a moral compass to call his own. I couldn't really root for him, to be honest, and his moments of compassion and caring for other people seemed just that... moments. I guess he reminded me of Peter Pan a little, in his selfishness and his boyishness. I can imagine a little boy really being somewhat like Pinocchio, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. If the book had been longer or less lightly written, I daresay I wouldn't have liked it at all.
I was glad for the lack of constant overt moralising, like Jiminy in the Disney adaptation. There is a little, of course, but it doesn't really seem to sink into Pinocchio's head... the ending is a little saccharine-sweet, with Gepetto being made young again and Pinocchio turning into a real boy through reforming and so on, but it isn't too irritating.
It was enjoyable as a quick read, as a break from doing essays, and I wonder if I'd have liked it more if I'd read it as a kid, but it didn't really arouse strong feelings either way."
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