What fictional character appears in a novel where the first half was originally a serial in 1881 and 1882, published as "La storia di un burattino"?
Talking Cricket The Talking Cricket (Italian: "Il Grillo Parlante" ) is a fictional character that appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ("Le avventure di Pinocchio").
Il Piacere Il Piacere ("The Pleasure") is the first novel by Gabriele d'Annunzio, written in 1889 at Francavilla al Mare, and published the following year by Fratelli Treves. Beginning in 1895, the novel was republished with the heading "I Romanzi della Rosa" (the Novels of the Rose), forming a narrative cycle including "The Intruder" ("The Victim," in America), and "Triumph of Death."