Not long after Geppetto made Pinocchio, he finds himself disappointed in the boy he looks on as his son. Pinocchio cheats, plays hooky from school, and lies to

Feeling humiliated after a family scandal, a ventriloquist on the vaudeville circuit turns inward, neglecting his ten-year-old daughter and lavishing attention

The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From th

'The Pinocchio Effect' draws on a broad array of sources to trace the making of a modern national identity in Italy. The author explores all the ways that ident

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