
A masterpiece of world literature, most likely written between 1349 and 1351, The Decameron alternates between tragedy and comedy in its sweeping view of life. Comprising 100 tales told by ten young people who have retreated to the countryside to escape the plague raging...

While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, a group of young people retreat to the healthful air of the countryside and amuse themselves by telling tales of romance and adventure. This is the premise of Boccaccio's Decameron, a landmark of early Renaissance literature...


Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron--an inspiration for the Netflix dark comedy The Decameron--in a brilliant, playful new translation. "The Decameron reads in...

This edition presents 33 of the 100 tales, with at least two from each of the ten days of storytelling. Boccaccio's general introduction and conclusion to the work are also included, as are the introduction and conclusion to the first day; the reader is thus provided with a real...


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Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century. The book is considered a masterpiece of Italian literature and is widely regarded as one of the most important works of the Renaissance...

Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century. The book is divided into ten days, each containing ten stories told by a group of young people who have fled Florence during the...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for...

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of one hundred novellas, written in the 14th century, that tells the story of ten young people who flee from the Black Death in Florence and spend ten days in a villa outside the city, entertaining each other with tales of love,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for...

Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century. The book is comprised of 100 tales, told by a group of ten young people who have fled to the countryside to escape the Black Death...


