Fantasy · Children's · Classics
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Bestseller: about 35 million copies (estimate)A wooden puppet carved by a poor carpenter comes to life and promptly ignores every piece of advice he is given. He lurches from one scrape to the next, learning the cost of lying and laziness.
- First published
- 1881
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want to meet the original, odder and more moralistic story behind the famous film.
Skip this if you expect the gentle Disney version; the original is episodic and sometimes harsh.
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