The Decameron (1998, 2v.)

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The Decameron (1998, 2v.)
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The Decameron (1998, 2v.)

Giovanni Boccaccio
Edition year 1998
Volumes 2
Weight 3 Kg
Pages Vol. 1: 394; Vol. 2: 324
Dimensions 25.3 × 16.4 cm

Edition details

The Decameron. 3rd. printing (2v.) 394 pp. & 324pp. 10 aquatints by Buckland-Wright in each volume. Translation by Richard Aldington. 26.2 x 17 x 7.6 cm.

About the book

Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is one of the great masterpieces of medieval European literature. Set during the Black Death of 1348, the work follows ten young Florentines who leave plague-stricken Florence for the countryside, where they agree to entertain one another by telling stories over a period of ten days. The resulting one hundred tales range from comic and romantic episodes to stories of deception, fortune, generosity, desire and human weakness. Boccaccio's lively characters come from every level of medieval society, creating an extraordinarily rich portrait of human behaviour.

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