Love and Gymnastics

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Love and Gymnastics
Author Edmondo De Amicis
Original titleAmore e ginnastica
LanguageItalian
Publisher
Publication date
January–July 1891
Publication placeItaly
Pages141

Love and Gymnastics (Italian : Amore e ginnastica) is an 1891 novella by the Italian writer Edmondo De Amicis. It is set in Turin and follows a man who falls in love with and tries to seduce a female gymnastics teacher, but is continuously rejected because she does not want to be distracted from spreading Emilio Baumann  [ it ]'s ideas about physical education. [1] [2] [3]

The story was published in the magazine Nuova Antologia  [ it ] from January to July 1891. It was included in the 1892 volume Fra scuola e casa. [4]

It was the basis for the 1973 film Amore e ginnastica , directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. [5]

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