The Decameron

By: Boccaccio, Giovanni

Inspired by the Black Plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s, Boccaccio's collection of tales is an enormously influential literary masterpiece with a sly humor and irreverence that will appeal to modern readers. In the hopes of avoiding the plague, a group of ten wealthy young men and women decamp to a country villa on the outskirts of Florence. Once there, they decide to amuse themselves with a storytelling competition of sorts, with each attendee offering one tale each day for a period of ten days. The stories are by turns ribald, tragic and everything in between.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977845428
• ISBN13: 9781977845429
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 726 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"