Project Gutenberg 2013-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 414 Serao, Matilde 1856 1927 Scarfoglia, Matilde Serao Serao-Scarfoglia, Matilde Piccole anime A un poeta -- Una fioraia -- Giuochi -- Canituccia -- Profili -- Allas cuola -- Nebulose -- Mode -- Perdizione -- Gli spostati -- Salvazione. Produced by Gianvito Cavallo, Carlo Traverso, and the online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Piccole anime" by Matilde Serao is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the lives and emotions of children, portraying their innocence and struggles against the backdrop of societal challenges. The opening chapters introduce various characters, including a homeless girl named Canituccia, highlighting the harsh realities of childhood in impoverished circumstances. The opening of "Piccole anime" sets a tone of deep empathy and observation toward the plight of children. It begins with a personal dedication by the author, introducing the complexity of children's lives, marked by both innocence and harsh experiences. A significant focus is placed on Canituccia, a seven-year-old girl who navigates through her daily life of hunger and struggle, often reflecting on her loneliness and abandonment. Through vivid descriptions of her environment and emotions, Serao captures the essence of childhood marked by both fragility and resilience, establishing a poignant foundation for the stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42416/42416-rst/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42416/42416-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 46.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Children -- Fiction Short stories, Italian PQ Text IT Romanzi Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 187936 2025-06-17T08:04:27.280961 text/html 210575 2013-03-27T11:51:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 231492 2025-06-17T08:04:35.294932 application/epub+zip 277044 2025-01-17T05:12:12.454083 application/pdf 180085 2025-01-17T05:12:08.866113 application/pdf 230942 2025-06-17T08:04:30.590975 application/epub+zip 123506 2025-06-17T08:04:28.585999 application/epub+zip 222996 2025-06-17T08:04:38.127957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196650 2025-06-17T08:04:33.873947 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149047 2022-09-19T11:18:45.296369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137595 2025-06-17T08:04:26.382989 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139235 2013-03-27T11:53:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 53346 2013-03-27T11:53:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 137594 2013-03-27T11:53:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53077 2013-03-27T11:53:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 137592 2013-03-27T11:53:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52665 2013-03-27T11:53:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26760 2025-06-17T08:04:38.288931 application/rdf+xml 120629 2025-06-17T08:04:26.274998 text/x-rst 120629 2013-03-27T11:53:36 text/x-rst 195057 2013-03-27T11:53:36 text/x-rst application/zip 13776 2025-06-17T08:04:29.001990 image/jpeg 2081 2025-06-17T08:04:28.789989 image/jpeg 209040 2025-06-17T08:04:27.307992 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia it.wikipedia