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The Decameron

The Decameron

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9780140449303

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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 earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780140449303
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 1072
Width (mm): 130
Height (mm): 198
Depth (mm): 50

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