When poor August's father is forced to sell a magnificent stove created by Augustin Hirschvogel, August hides inside it on the trip to the royal palace so he is not parted from it.

'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens.

The orphan boy Nello, who lives with his grandfather, finds a dog who has been badly beaten and nurses it back to health.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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