Adventures of Pinocchio

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 the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a
puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes
Pinocchio through countless adventures, in the course of which his
nose grows whenever he tells a lie, he is turned into a donkey, and
is swallowed by a dogfish, before he gains real happiness. This new
translation does full justice to the vibrancy and wit of Collodi's
original. Far more sophisticated, funny, and hard-hitting than the
many abridged versions (and the sentimentalized film) of the story
would suggest, Ann Lawson Lucas's translation captures the
complexity of Collodi's word-play, slapstick humour, and immediacy
of dialogue. An adult reader will recognize social and political
satire, and the invaluable introduction and notes illuminate the
cultural traditions on which Collodi drew.