The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio with Wayne A. Rebhorn (Translator)

1024 pages first pub 1351 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories adventurous funny slow-paced
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The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines--seven women and three men--escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, t...

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