The Decameron Volume I The First Five Days

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The Decameron Volume I The First Five Days
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The Decameron Volume I The First Five Days

Giovanni Boccaccio
Edition year 1954
Binding Buckram
Translator Richard Aldington
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 396
Dimensions 25.1 × 16.5 cm

Edition details

Decameron, The Volume I The First Five Days by Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. 10 pages of aquatints by John Buckland-Wright. Bound in brown buckram with a design in red and green. White dust-jacket printed in red and green. 25.1x16.5cm. 396pp.

About the book

Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is one of the great works of medieval European literature. Set during the Black Death of 1348, it follows ten young Florentines who escape the plague by withdrawing to a country villa, where they pass the time by telling stories. This volume contains the tales told during the first five days of their retreat. The stories range from comic and romantic episodes to tales of trickery, fortune and human weakness, offering a remarkably vivid portrait of medieval society and the many different ways people respond to love, money, religion and desire.

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