{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-pinocchio-the-tale-of-a-puppet","title":"THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO: The Tale Of A Puppet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9a5cd480-e543-4f6d-855d-3f266b4e60d9\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"fbskMG_root markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eForget the cartoon. Meet Pinocchio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"761\"\u003eCarlo Collodi’s original \u003cem data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"676\"\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e is stranger, darker, funnier, and far more morally serious than many readers expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"979\"\u003ePublished in book form in 1883, \u003cem data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"824\"\u003eThe Adventures of Pinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e follows a wooden puppet whose hunger for freedom repeatedly places him in the hands of flatterers, swindlers, distractions, temptations, and consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1042\"\u003ePinocchio wants independence before he has acquired judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003eThat is where the trouble begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1087\"\u003eHe lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003eHe runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1122\"\u003eHe ignores good advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1183\"\u003eHe mistakes pleasure for freedom and cleverness for wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1223\"\u003eAgain and again, reality corrects him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003eAnd slowly, painfully, he changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1532\"\u003eRead as an adult or young adult, the story becomes something far richer than a children’s fable. It is about impulse, manipulation, responsibility, education, work, family, conscience, gullibility, and the difficult process of becoming someone capable of genuine freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1611\"\u003eThe villains matter because Pinocchio keeps making himself available to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1668\"\u003eThe lessons matter because he has to live through them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"1763\"\u003eAnd becoming real begins to mean something more demanding than changing from wood into flesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1985\"\u003eCarlo Collodi was the pen name of Italian writer Carlo Lorenzini. This unabridged Trumpet Publishing House edition restores his complete story for readers ready to discover the original beneath generations of adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1987\" data-end=\"2155\"\u003eFor young adults, professionals, parents, educators, literary readers, and anyone interested in character formation, \u003cem data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2115\"\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e poses a question with surprising force:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2157\" data-end=\"2236\"\u003eWhat if freedom without judgment is simply another way of being controlled?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2285\"\u003eThe puppet has to learn how to become a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2287\" data-end=\"2350\"\u003eThe adult reader may discover that the lesson never quite ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2352\" data-end=\"2394\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe famous nose is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Trumpet Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":67725516767536,"sku":"9626612000156","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9626612000156.jpg?v=1788472160","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-adventures-of-pinocchio-the-tale-of-a-puppet","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}