The Decameron : the modell of wit, mirth, eloquence and conversation framed in ten dayes, of an hundred curious pieces, by seven honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen ; preserved to posterity

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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

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The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the ci...

The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in this virtuoso performance of one hundred tales, vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots which revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.

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