The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
Escape the ravages of the Black Death with The Decameron. This collection of one hundred entertaining stories follows ten young noble men and women as they find refuge in a country villa outside of Florence. Boccaccio's talent as a dramatist shines in his vivid portraits of people from all walks of life, and their bewildering array of reactions to the plague's devastation. With masterful storytelling, The Decameron is a timeless classic.
Publish Date
2003-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
2003-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 1349
Goodreads rating
3.88
ISBN
9780140449303
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2020-03-12T18:41:53.000Z
If you're looking for the perfect quarantine read, there's no better book than that classic and hilarious work of plague literature, Boccaccio's Decameron. – source