Novelleja Decameronesta by Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Novelleja Decameronesta" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of one hundred tales written between 1349 and 1353. During the devastating Black Plague in Florence, ten young friends—seven women and three men—flee to the countryside. There, they pass their time with songs, dances, and storytelling. Each day, they elect a leader who chooses a theme, and each member tells a tale inspired by it. Through these stories, Boccaccio paints a vivid portrait of
fourteenth-century society, blending aristocratic ideals with merchant values. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Soderhjelm, Werner, 1859-1931 |
| Translator | Lehtonen, Joel, 1881-1934 |
| Title | Novelleja Decameronesta |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decameron |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction |
| Subject | Storytelling -- Fiction |
| Subject | Allegories |
| Subject | Frame stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47886 |
| Release Date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 306 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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