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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
"The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written between 1348 and 1353. Ten young people flee plague-ridden Florence to shelter in a countryside villa, where they pass two weeks by telling one hundred tales. Their stories span love both tragic and erotic, clever wit, practical jokes, and life lessons. Through this frame narrative, Boccaccio creates a mosaic of medieval Italian life while satirizing the Church and exploring themes of fortune, human desire, and social tensions between classes. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Payne, John, 1842-1916 |
| Title | The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron |
| Credits | Ted Garvin, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Frame stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 23700 |
| Release Date | Dec 3, 2007 |
| Last Update | Oct 2, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 30915 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/23700