Novelle

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908

Contributor:

Bignami, Vespasiano, 1841-1929

Language:

Italian

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Novelle" by Edmondo De Amicis is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book features a variety of narratives that explore themes of friendship, nostalgia, and the poignant emotions tied to childhood and youth. Through various characters and their experiences, the author delves into their lives and relationships, presenting a vivid picture of society. The opening of "Novelle" introduces the narrator's reflections on the fleeting nature of memories and friendships from childhood and adolescence. He laments forgetting names and faces of former companions, emphasizing how these memories fade over time yet remain significant. The narrator contrasts the joy of youth with the bittersweet realization that friendships were often shallow, lacking in deeper emotional bonds. As he recollects moments spent with friends at a military school, there's an underlying sense of nostalgia and a yearning for the simplicity of those days, setting a contemplative tone for the stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Gli amici di collegio

Camilla

Furio

Un gran giorno

Alberto

Fortezza

La casa paterna.

Credits:

Produced by Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 51.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2018-11-24