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    Decameron, The

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Narrated by Aryell Alkire ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 34 min

    Set during the Black Death, The Decameron is a collection of 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men, hunkered down in self-imposed quarantine as they waited out the pandemic plague then sweeping through Florence.The stories of The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic to the comic, from frivolous practical jokes to meaningful life lessons. One of the most ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn ...
    "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation. . . . I celebrate his accomplishment."—Edith GrossmanThe year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines—seven women and three men—escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling ... Read more

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  • The Decameron, Book II

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Series Book 2 - The Decameron
    Many stories, sweet my ladies, occur to me as meet for me to tell by way of ushering in a day so joyous as this will be: of which one does most commend itself to my mind, because not only has it, one of those happy endings of which today we are in quest, but 'twill enable you to understand how holy, how mighty and how salutary are the forces of Love, which not a few, witting not what they say, do ... Read more

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  • The Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the ... Read more

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  • The Filocolo by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Series Book 5 - Delphi Parts Edition (Giovanni Boccaccio)
    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Filocolo by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts ... Read more

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  • The Life of Dante

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), writer, poet, mystic and initiate, was one of the fathers of late medieval Italian literature and one of the greatest protagonists of that Humanism that paved the way for the Renaissance.The Trattatello in laude di Dante, a book whose title is usually translated into English as “The Life of Dante”, written by Boccaccio between 1351 and 1355, represents one of the ... Read more

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  • The Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio, G. H. McWilliam ...
    Translated 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

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Decameron: 3 Different Translations by John Florio, John Payne and J.M. Rigg in 1 eBook (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. One Hundred Plague-Era Tales in Three Classic Translations

    by Giovanni Boccaccio, Imogen Brackenwell ...
    The Decameron gathers one hundred tales told by ten young Florentines who withdraw from plague-stricken Florence in 1348, framing comedy, tragedy, erotic intrigue, mercantile cunning, and moral reflection within a brilliantly ordered narrative architecture. This edition's juxtaposition of John Florio, John Payne, and J. M. Rigg reveals how Boccaccio's supple prose—earthy, elegant, satirical, and ... Read more

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  • The Decameron, in English translation

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    According to Wikipedia: "The Decameron ... is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Chaucer are said to have drawn inspiration from The Decameron... ... Read more

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  • Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Translated by J. G. Nichols ...
    Series series Vintage Classics
    INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES • In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countryside, where they entertain themselves with tales of love, death, and corruption, featuring a host of characters, from lascivious clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers and false miracle-makers.J. G. Nichols’s new translation, faithful to the original ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Tales from the Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio, Peter Hainsworth ...
    Translated by Peter Hainsworth ...
    Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation.This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Translated by John Payne ...
    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886.Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, ... Read more

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