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The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Description for The Decameron
Paperback. In the summer of 1348, as the "Black Death" ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. In this title, the characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps, bibliog. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 53. Weight in Grams: 758.
A seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, the Penguin Classics edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam. In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied ... Read more
A seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, the Penguin Classics edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam. In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1072
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140449303
SKU
V9780140449303
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About Giovanni Boccaccio
Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer of both verse and prose. He wrote The Decameron over a period of ten years, and is also the author of Teseide and Filostrato. G H McWilliam was the first Professor of Italian at Leicester University.He has also translated Verga's Cavalleria Rusticana for Penguin Classics
Reviews for The Decameron
McWilliam's finest work, [his] translation of Boccaccio's Decameron remains one of the most successful and lauded books in the series.
The Times (London) The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), made a great impression on me. . . . Ten youths
seven women and three men
take turns telling stories for 10 days. At around the age of 16, I ... Read more
The Times (London) The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), made a great impression on me. . . . Ten youths
seven women and three men
take turns telling stories for 10 days. At around the age of 16, I ... Read more