The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio with John Payne (Translator)

726 pages first pub 1351 (editions)

fiction classics short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Inspired by the Black Plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s, Boccaccio's collection of tales is an enormously influential literary masterpiece with a sly humor and irreverence that will appeal to modern readers. In the hopes of avoiding t...

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