The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio with Peter Bondanella (Translator), Mark Musa (Translator), Thomas G. Bergin (Contributor)

810 pages • first pub 1351 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories adventurous funny slow-paced
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Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, students, artists, tradesmen, troubadours,...

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