The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio with J.M. Rigg (Translator)

925 pages first pub 1351 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories adventurous funny 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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