Project Gutenberg 2014-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 59 Fanfani, Pietro 1815 1879 Novelle e ghiribizzi Produced by Giovanni Fini, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Novelle e ghiribizzi" by Pietro Fanfani is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. The work showcases a variety of narratives and themes, often layered with humor and social commentary, reflecting on human nature and society through witty characterization and storytelling. At the start of the collection, the reader is introduced to the character of Don Ficchíno, an infamous flatterer and opportunist from a small Tuscan town. His comical adventures revolve around his insatiable appetite for food and social status, as he juggles invitations to lavish meals from two wealthy families on the same day. This creates a humorous predicament when his gluttony leads him to a disastrous outcome, poking fun at the follies of his character and providing insight into societal behaviors and norms of the time. The narrative sets the tone for the exploration of various eccentric characters and situations that Fanfani employs in his collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Italian drama Short stories, Italian PQ Text IT Racconti Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 348945 348957 2024-09-19T14:11:09.460783 2023-09-20T10:12:43.912534 text/html text/html 354579 2014-09-15T14:53:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147571 2014-09-15T14:53:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 173146 2024-09-19T14:11:17.285745 application/epub+zip 178294 2024-09-19T14:11:11.034857 application/epub+zip 167172 2024-09-19T14:11:10.213777 application/epub+zip 302911 2024-09-19T14:11:21.968711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254128 2024-09-19T14:11:16.537740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243011 2022-09-21T10:04:29.569398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257976 257770 2024-09-19T14:11:08.135834 2023-09-20T10:12:42.659001 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 255296 2014-09-15T14:53:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 102145 2014-09-15T14:53:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19073 2024-09-19T14:11:22.104700 application/rdf+xml 12857 2024-09-19T14:11:10.314973 image/jpeg 2717 2024-09-19T14:11:10.264770 image/jpeg 156275 2024-09-19T14:11:09.495773 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia