Edmondo de Amicis
Edmondo de Amicis was born in Piedmont in 1846, at a time when Italy lay dismembered. A soldier by profession, he spent much of his youth fighting for a united Italy. An admirer of the writer Alessandro Manzoni, who considered that Florentine should be the standard Italian language, he wrote only in Florentine Italian. With the huge success of Cuore he achieved his goal of having had--through his novel's central place on the school syllabus--a formative influence on the written language of...See more
Edmondo de Amicis was born in Piedmont in 1846, at a time when Italy lay dismembered. A soldier by profession, he spent much of his youth fighting for a united Italy. An admirer of the writer Alessandro Manzoni, who considered that Florentine should be the standard Italian language, he wrote only in Florentine Italian. With the huge success of Cuore he achieved his goal of having had--through his novel's central place on the school syllabus--a formative influence on the written language of modern Italy. See less
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Constantinople
Istanbul now
by DLRS, May 5, 2014
First published in 1877, this classic is as relevant today as it was then. Call it Constantinople or call it Istanbul, it remains one of the most fascinating cities in the world. The author's ... Read More
