The Decameron (Penguin Classics)
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Author: Giovanni BoccaccioEditor: G. H. McWilliam
Translator: G. H. McWilliam
Introduction: G. H. McWilliam
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-29
ISBN: 0140449302
Number of pages: 1072
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Book Review: A 10 days work to read
Summary: 5 Stars
The Decameron is one of the most revered works in Italian literary history. That being said it is surpsingly not hard for the modern reader to both understand and enjoy this lengthy novel. The book tells the tale of 10 people, 7 female and 3 male, and the 100 stories that they tell while in the Italian countryside while trying to escape from the plague. The stories are even whimsically funny at times but in the end a deep moral truth is revealed. A student of history would be well advised to read this classic tale as it allows for a deeper understanding of the time period.
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