I ragazzi d'una volta e i ragazzi d'adesso
- Approximate level
- B1
- Length
- 36,391 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 2 min
- Chapters
- 13
- Language
- Italian
- On Project Gutenberg since
- 2024
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In this essay, the Marchesa Colombi compares childhood in her own day with the lives of children in modern Italy. Writing in the late nineteenth century, she discusses family authority, health care, holidays, dental treatment, and changes in schooling. The vocabulary is concrete but includes older spellings and terms for social classes and medical care. The opening sentences are long, with several clauses and detailed examples, so you will need to follow how each comparison develops.
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Subjects
- Children's stories, Italian
- Children -- Italy -- Juvenile fiction
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