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Picciola
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Definition:a French novelette published in 1836 by Joseph-Xavier Boniface.---The book tells the story of Count Charney, a former soldier who lost his trust in man and has been jailed for conspiring against Napoleon. Charney one day discovers a plant growing between two paving stones of his cell. This plant becomes for him a distraction, then an obsession, then a passion and finally it becomes a symbol of life and love. Through the physiological development of the plant he calls Picciola he learns to love and appreciate beauty through this real example of the evolution of nature. The image of a small flower that grows and survives with the care provided by Charney in a place so sinister that a prison, is an image of the force of nature and persistence. Charney follows the example of the flower and seeks to enrich his mind and soul amidst the walls that imprison him.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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“Picciola!” murmured the solitary captive, when every morning he carefully searched its already tufted foliage for indications of inflorescence; “when will these wayward flowers make their appearance!” The Count seemed to experience pleasure in the mere pronunciation of a name uniting in his mind the images of the two objects which peopled his solitude; — his gaoler and his plant!
Joseph-Xavier Boniface. Picciola: The prisoner of Fenestrella
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don't call it mullen, call it Pitchiola—that's its right name when it's in a prison. And you want to water it with your tears.Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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