The Baron in the Trees (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Italo Calvino
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The late eighteenth century
- Setting: Ombrosa, an estate in northern Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Nature, Eighteenth century, Enlightenment, Trees, Italy or Italians, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Nobility
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò (koh- ZEE-moh peeoh-VAHS-koh dee rohn- DOH), who is twelve years old at the narrative’s outset. He is the eldest son in the Piovasco family and successor as baron of the Ombrosa estate. Cosimo is energetic and determined, an idealist who insists on acting on his principles. the central figure in the story, he sets the main action going when he refuses to eat a meal of snails prepared by his sister. Sent from the table, he climbs into a holm oak on his family’s estate and vows never to descend from the trees. Cosimo eventually...
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