Required reading in Italian schools since 1886. Cuore is the most read classic in the country. Presented in the form of a diary, its subject is a young boy's life in Turn following Unification in 1870. The narrator Enrico, writes vividly of school life and the bustling city of vegetable-sellers, chi[...]

Originally conceived as a series of newspaper articles and later published in volume form, De Amicis's Memories of London brings back to life all the bygone charm of the capital of the British Empire. De Amicis's impressions are paired here with a piece written by one of his contemporaries, the Fren[...]