Novelle

…in Italy, 1882), followed by Novelle (1872; “Short Stories”), which some critics have thought his best work. He also wrote poetry (collected in Poesie, 1880), novels, travelogues, and essays. But his most important work is the sentimental children’s story Cuore (1886; 1st Eng. trans., 1887; best trans., The Heart of…