Edmondo De Amicis

A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.

A young boy travels by himself to reach his sick mother.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates that are of working-class backgrounds, after a novel in diary format by Enrico Bottini.

A 1947 film.

Место действия рассказа перенесено в дореволюционную Россию. Рассказ подвергся существенным переделкам. Маяковский сделал акцент на противоречиях в характере героя: сочетание анархо-индивидуалистического бунтарства с трогательной самоотверженной любовью к учительнице.