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The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's... Read Full Overview

Decameron ? l'opera pi? famosa dell'autore toscano Giovanni Boccaccio. Una raccolta di cento novelle scritte tra il 1349 e 1351. In questo libro sono state inserite le dieci novelle della "Giornata Prima".

Son of a merchant, Boccaccio di Chellino di Buonaiuto, of Certaldo in Val d'Elsa, a little town about midway between Empoli and Siena, but within the Florentine "contado," Gio-vanni Boccaccio was born, most probably at Paris, in the year 1313. His mother, at any rate, was a Frenchwoman,... Read Full Overview

The Decameron V1 is a classic work of Italian literature written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century. It is a collection of 100 tales told by ten young people who have fled from the Black Death in Florence and taken refuge in a villa outside the city. The stories are divided... Read Full Overview

The Decameron is a tale of tales: a group of travelers in medieval Italy seeking refuge from the Black Plague share stories with each other, each day working within a theme like "love tales that end happily" or "the power of fortune." There's a bit of everything... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

A collection of 100 stories told by ten young people, seven women and three men, who escape the Black Plague in Florence by retreating to a villa in the countryside, where they spend ten days entertaining themselves by sharing tales on a variety of themes, including love, trickery,... Read Full Overview

The Decameron itself is comprised of 100 "novels" (or "novellas" -- short stories) told over a ten-day period by ten young people: seven ladies, and three young men who flee the plague to a countryside villa, and who vow to tell each other tales each day to pass the... Read Full Overview