Heart
An Italian Schoolboy's Journal
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Heart (Cuore) is a children's novel by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, short story writer, and poet.
The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by his own children Furio and Ugo who had been schoolboys at the time. It is set during the Italian unification, and includes several patriotic themes. It was issued by Treves on October 18, 1886, the first day of school in Italy, and rose to immediate success.
Edmondo De Amicis (21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet and short-story writer.
His best-known book is Cuore, a children's novel translated into English as Heart.
Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood Heart.
Edmondo De Amicis
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