Dec 16, 2009

The Baron in the Trees | The Baron in the Trees

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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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The Baron in the Trees | The Baron in the Trees

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