THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO



Author:


Carlo Collodi

First edition:


Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Storia di un burattino, 1883

On 7th July 1881, Collodi published the first chapter of Story of a Puppet in the weekly magazine for children Giornale per bambini. The story was halted some months later, on the chapter XVI, when Pinocchio was hanging from a branch of the Big Oak, half dead. Readers got crazy at this and claimed more chapters. In 1882, the story reappeared, under the title of The Adventures of Pinocchio and the tale went on until 16th February 1883. Just after the publication of the last chapter in serial form, the story was published in volume form. In 1890, the fifth edition appeared, just when Carlo Collodi died.


Main illustrators:


Fanelli Giannini Gorde Hoffmann Innocenti Ivers Jeannequin Kasparavicius Kliros Mattoti Mazzanti Mussino Topor



In short:


Geppetto, a friendly but lonely old craftsman, has always dreamt of having a son. One day, he carved a puppett on wood, which happily comes to life. Geppetto calls him Pinocchio. But the young boy shows to be unobedient, mischevious and naughty. His various adventures serve to teach him right from wrong.
Pinocchio runs away, and Geppetto goes after him. Victim of a shipwreck, he is swallowed by a giant whale!!


Selection of edition:


The Adventures of Pinocchio, illustrated by Thea Kliros, Dover Classics, 1995.
Le Aventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti, 62 drawings, 1883.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Attilio Mussino.
The Adventures of Pinocchio, translated by M.A.Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel, Grosset & Dunlap, 1996.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Roland Topor, 1972.
Les aventures de Pinocchio, illustrated by Françoise Pichard, Hachette, 1975.
Les aventures de Pinocchio, illustrated by Giovanni Giannini, Gautier-Languereau, 1981.
Pinocchio, illustrated by François Jeannequin, Lito, 1982.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Mette Ivers, Hachette, 1983.
Pinocchio. Histoire d'un pantin, translated by Nathalie Castogne, illustrated by Carlo Chiostri, Gallimard, collection "Folio Junior", 1985.
Les aventures de Pinocchio, illustrated by Giovanni Giannini, Gautier-Languereau, 1985.
Les Aventures de Pinocchio, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti, Gallimard, 1988.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Ginette Hoffmann, Nathan, 1989.
Pinocchio, translated by Comtesse de Cencé, illustrated by Lorenzo Mattoti, Albin Michel, 1990.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Kestutis Kasparavicius, Münster, F. Coppenrath Verlag, 1993.
Pinocchio, illustrated by Monique Gorde, Fleurus, 1993.
The Adventures of Pinocchio, illustrated by Iassen Ghiuselev, Turin, Ideogramma, 1994.
La petite boîte de Pinocchio, illustrated by Sara Fanelli, Seuil, 1996.



More about Pinocchio:


From its very first appearance, the book was extremely successful among children and many reeditions were published. The most remarkable one is in 1911, illustrated by Attilio Mussino, who created the image for the puppet that survived until Walt Disney's interpretation.
The adventures of Pinocchio were developped in 36 short chapters.


Adaptations:


Many films have been inspired by the wooden puppet. Read our comments on Comencini's film, Walt Disney's cartoon version and Steve Baron's animated feature-film.


Critical analysis on Pinocchio:


V. Baldacci and A. Rauch, Pinocchio, images d'une marionnette, Gallimard, 1982.
Christine Nöstlinger, Pinocchio, illustrated by Nikolaus Heidelbech, ed. Souffles, 1989.

Read Les mondes renversés de Pinocchio (Pinocchio's reversed worlds), by Christiane Abadie-Clerc.


On the Internet:


Site on Pinocchio