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The Decameron (Penguin Classics) by Giovanni Boccaccio is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there--a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than with earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperello, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative. This is the second edition of G. H. McWilliam's acclaimed translation of The Decameron. His introduction illuminates the worlds of Boccaccio and of his storytellers, showing Boccaccio as a master of vivid and exciting prose fiction."
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Publisher
- Standard Ebooks
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140449303
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (23,146 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Decameron (Penguin Classics) (2003)
- The Decameron (Signet Classics) (2002)
- The Decameron (Penguin Classics) (1975)
- The Decameron : a new translation : 21 novelle, contemporary reactions, modern criticism (1994)
- The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (1980)
- The Decameron (1982)
- الديكاميرون [Arabic] (2003)
- The Decameron (1995)
- The Decameron (2013)
- The Decameron (2004)
- The Decameron (2011)
- The Decameron (2003)
- 世界文学名著 十日谈 (2015)
- The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (1949)
- The Decameron (Signet Classics) (2010)
- The Decameron: Second Edition (Penguin Classics) (1995)
- The Decameron (Penguin Classics) (1935)
- Tales From the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (2005)
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