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Edward Carey
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 1761 a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, 'as if the wood commanded me,' Giuseppe--better known as Geppetto--carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, the woodcarver screams at him...and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms and escapes into the night. Though he returns the next day,...