Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Pinocchio

by Carlo Collodi

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.
This edition of "Pinocchio" includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Elizabeth Engstrom.
Once there was a lonely woodcutter named Geppetto-who dreamed of having a boy of his own. So one day he carved a boy out of wood and named him Pinocchio.
When the puppet...Read more

Reviewed by funstm on

3 of 5 stars

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This was not what I expected. I'm not sure what I did expect but it wasn't this. It was better than I had thought it might be though. It reads like a fable or folktale, with morals and lessons. Or maybe an echo of Candide, albeit a less traumatic tale. It was darker and funnier than the Disney version - and the whole nose growing thing and the Talking Cricket play much smaller parts than I realised. Easy enough read.

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