De Amicis, Edmondo 1846-1908 creator Friberg, Maikki 1861-1927 text utu 2017 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Sydän: Kirja nuorisolle" by Edmondo De Amicis is a children's novel published in 1886. Written as a diary by eleven-year-old Enrico Bottini, the story follows a Turin schoolboy navigating third grade among working-class classmates. Through daily entries and monthly moral tales, the novel explores themes of compassion, poverty, family devotion, and Italian patriotism during the unification era. Each story emphasizes helping others and respecting those from different backgrounds, creating a work that influenced generations across multiple countries and political movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(novel) Release date is 2017-01-03 E-text prepared by Helvi Ollikainen and Tapio Riikonen Original publication data not identified Italy -- Juvenile fiction Diaries -- Juvenile fiction Family life -- Italy -- Juvenile fiction PZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53878 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53878 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134236.0 53878