Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Year: 1353
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Short Stories, Classic, Award winners, Poetry
Culture: Italy
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9780393069303
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The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by G. H. McWilliam
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