Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
The Human Comedy
"Decameron" is a collection of 100 stories told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The tales, which range from the erotic to the tragic, the hilarious to the instructional, are embedded in a rich framework narrative that provides a detailed portrait of the society of the Italian Renaissance.
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- Published
- 1353
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 800-1000
- Original Language
- Italian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Boccaccio's Decameron
- Das Dekameron
- Decamerone
- Decamerão
- Dekameron
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