What fictional character appears in a novel where the first half was originally a serial in 1881 and 1882, published as "La storia di un burattino"?
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Talking Cricket The Talking Cricket (Italian: "Il Grillo Parlante" ) is a fictional character that appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ("Le avventure di Pinocchio").
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The Adventures of Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio ( ; Italian: "Le avventure di Pinocchio" ] ) is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Pescia. The first half was originally a serial in 1881 and 1882, published as "La storia di un burattino" (literally ""The tale of a puppet""), and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
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Il Piacere Il Piacere ("The Pleasure") is the first novel by Gabriele d'Annunzio, written in 1889 at Francavilla al Mare, and published the following year by Fratelli Treves. Beginning in 1895, the novel was republished with the heading "I Romanzi della Rosa" (the Novels of the Rose), forming a narrative cycle including "The Intruder" ("The Victim," in America), and "Triumph of Death."
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The Conformist The Conformist ("Il conformista") is a novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1951, which details the life and desire for normalcy of a government official during Italy's fascist period. It is also known for the 1970 film adaptation by Bernardo Bertolucci.
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The Hatchet (novel) The Hatchet (orig. Romanian: "Baltagul") is a 1930 crime novel written by Mihail Sadoveanu. The main character of the novel is the wife of a shepard living in the Moldavian village of Măgura Tarcăului, Vitoria Lipan, which has a premonition that her husband, Nechifor, on a trip to buy a new flock in the town of Dorna, has died. Her premonitions are dismissed by the village's priest and by the prefect of the county, but for Vitoria the archaic symbols and superstitions of the paysant world are more trustworthy then the books of the priests or the science of the government's officials. She calls home her son Gheorghiţă, who was also on business in Jijia, a village in Wallachia, where he waited for news from his father to pay some debts, and together they embark on a mythical journey at the end of which they find Nechifor's dead body and take their revenge on the bandits who killed him. The determined and energetic Vitoria Lipan is a unique female character in the Romanian traditionalist novel. "The Hatchet" is considered Sadoveanu's greatest work and a creative adaptation of many themes from a famous Romanian piece of folklore, the ballad Mioriţa.
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Hadji Murat (novel) Hadji Murat (or alternatively Hadji Murad, although the first spelling better captures the original title in Russian: Хаджи-Мурат ["Khadzhi-Murat"]) is a short novel written by Leo Tolstoy from 1896 to 1904 and published posthumously in 1912 (though not in full until 1917). It is Tolstoy’s final work. The protagonist is Hadji Murat, an Avar rebel commander who, for reasons of personal revenge, forges an uneasy alliance with the Russians he had been fighting.
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Alfarrábios Alfarrábios is a historical novel by the Brazilian writer José de Alencar, first published in 1873. It is composed of three minor narratives: "O Garatuja", "O Ermitão da Glória" and "Alma de Lázaro".
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Fantine Fantine is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Misérables". She is a young orphaned "grisette" in Paris who becomes pregnant by a rich student. After he abandons her, she is forced to look after their child, Cosette, on her own. Originally a pretty and naïve girl, Fantine is eventually forced by circumstances to become a prostitute, selling her hair and front teeth, losing her beauty and health. The money she earns is sent to support her daughter.
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Nick Whiffles Nick Whiffles is a fictional American frontier character which first appeared in a serial by John Hovey Robinson (1820–1867) published in Street & Smith's "New York Weekly" from June 5 to September 11, 1858. It was also adapted into a melodramatic play which became the most widely-played frontier play prior to the American Civil War.
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Agnes Wickfield Agnes Wickfield is a character of "David Copperfield", a novel by Charles Dickens. She is a friend and confidante of David (the narrator and protagonist of this semi-autobiography) since his childhood and at the end of the novel, his second wife. In Dickens' language, she is the "real heroine" of the novel.
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The Improvisatore The Improvisatore (Danish: "Improvisatoren" ) is an autobiographical novel by Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). First published in 1835, it was an immediate success and is considered to be Andersen's breakthrough. The story, reflecting Andersen's own travels in Italy in 1833, reveals much about his own life and aspirations as experienced by Antonio, the novel's principal character.
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Burattino Burattino, also Burrattino or Burratino, is a minor "commedia dell'arte" character of the zanni (or second zanni) class.
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Pinocchio Pinocchio ( ; ] ), the name a variant of common "pinolo" ("pine seed"), or "pine's eye" ("occhio", the Italian word for eye), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a village near Florence, he was created as a wooden puppet but dreamed of becoming a real boy. He lies often.
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Rosso Malpelo Rosso Malpelo is a short story by Giovanni Verga, the title 'Rosso Malpelo' is Sicilian for 'Evil Hair', a nickname which combines Rosso (Red) with Malpelo (evil hair), as Sicilians believed people with red hair were malicious and had an evil disposition. The story, written in 1878 is set in Verga's native Sicily and reflects the social and economic conditions endured by the poor working classes in Southern Italy at the time. The story is a fine example of Italian Realism or verismo, and is written in Verga's concise, impersonal, and distinctly Sicilian style, manipulating the narrative voice into something more akin to the oral tradition. His subject matter and scientific style has led to comparison to Émile Zola's more widely known book, Germinal.
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The Knight and Death The Knight and Death (Italian: "Il cavaliere la morte") is a crime novel by Leonardo Sciascia, published in 1988.
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Domenico Buratti Domenico Buratti (November 21, 1881 – May 24, 1960) was an Italian painter, poet and illustrator.
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The Night Buffalo The Night Buffalo (orig. Spanish "El Búfalo de la Noche") is a novel by Guillermo Arriaga.
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Satanstoe Satanstoe is a 1845 novel by the early American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The novel is the first of a three novel cycle, followed by "The Chainbearer" and "The Redskins". The novel is a fictional autobiography which explores the 18th century colony of New York.
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Phineas Redux Phineas Redux is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1873 as a serial in "The Graphic". It is the fourth of the "Palliser" series of novels and the sequel to the second book of the series, "Phineas Finn".
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Paola Drigo Paola ("née" Bianchetti) Drigo (4 January 1876 – 4 January 1938) was an Italian writer of short stories, novellas, and novels. Her first collection of short stories, "La fortuna", was published in 1913 and caught the attention of literary critics and the public. Her last major works were two novels, "Fine d'anno" and "Maria Zef", both published in 1936. With a style rooted in 19th century Italian realism, she was admired for the detailed psychological analysis of her characters and her descriptions of provincial life in her native Veneto region. The protagonists of her stories (usually women) were people of humble origin or those who had been "humiliated by fate".
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The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in "The Atlantic Monthly" and "Macmillan's Magazine" in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
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Giant Rat of Sumatra The Giant Rat of Sumatra is a fictional giant rat, first mentioned by Arthur Conan Doyle in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire". As part of the tale, the protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, declares that there is a "story" connected with this rat, presumably a detective case he has handled. The name of the rat and its implied unpublished history were later used in works by many other writers.