The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) by Giovanni Boccaccio
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"The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10)" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written between 1348 and 1353. Ten young people flee plague-ridden Florence to a countryside villa, where they pass time telling tales. This frame story encompasses 100 narratives ranging from erotic love to tragedy, wit to practical jokes. The stories mock clergy greed, explore lust and ambition across genders, examine class tensions, and follow merchant adventures. Written
in vernacular Florentine, the work satirizes medieval allegory while entertaining with life lessons and comedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Florio, John, 1553?-1625 |
| Title |
The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron |
| Credits | Produced by Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 51.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| 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. | 52618 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-52618-8 |
| Release Date | Jul 22, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 310 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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