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The Decameron

The Decameron

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Paperback

Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN13: 9791043137181
Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques
Published: Feb 21 2026
Pages: 1040
Weight: 3.00
Height: 2.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Decameron[a] (Italian: Decameron[b] or Decamerone[c]), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto[d]) and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia (the Human comedy, as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy Divine), is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men; they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The epidemic is likely what Boccaccio used for the basis of the book which was thought to be written between 1348 and 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons also contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of early Italian prose.[1]

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