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Racconti per giovinetti

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thouar, Pietro, 1809-1861
Language:
Italian
Physical Description:
1 online resource : multiple file formats
Place of Publication:
Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
Summary:
"Racconti per giovinetti" by Pietro Thouar is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. This work appears to focus on moral lessons and life experiences aimed at young readers, using narratives to convey important values and insights through the characters' journeys and challenges. The opening of the book introduces a character who reflects on a recent experience with a distinguished botanist, highlighting themes of humility and the importance of genuine knowledge over superficial expertise. This character, initially proud of his botanical knowledge, learns valuable lessons from a simple yet knowledgeable local boy named Betto during a botanical excursion. The young narrator's journey toward humility and the realization of the need for deeper understanding through diligence and observation sets the stage for the moral explorations that will likely unfold in the subsequent tales, aiming to teach valuable lessons to the youth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Contents:
La presunzione di sapere
Fiducia nella Provvidenza
La buona e la cattiva compagnia
La buona figliuola
Il buon esempio
La vera beneficenza
Il dottor Paolo
La ricompensa
I Racconti della Milla
Riguccio
L'amico sin dall'infanzia
Giovanni Fantoni e il suo calzolaio
La mala prevenzione
Il primo viaggio di un giovinetto
La tentazione.
Credits:
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Notes:
Reading ease score: 50.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Release date is 2015-07-17

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