The Decameron of Giovanni BoccaccioGiovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
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Original author: Giovanni Boccaccio
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"The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written between 1348 and 1353. Ten young people flee plague-ridden Florence to shelter in a countryside villa, where they pass two weeks by telling one hundred tales. Their stories span love both tragic and erotic, clever wit, practical jokes, and life lessons. Through this frame narrative, Boccaccio creates a mosaic of medieval Italian life while satirizing the Church and exploring themes of fortune, human desire, and social tensions between classes.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, by Giovanni Boccaccio. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #23700.
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36 Chapters
- 1.Part 18,817 words
- 2.Part 28,873 words
- 3.Part 38,893 words
- 4.Part 48,721 words
- 5.Part 58,892 words
- 6.Part 68,908 words
- 7.Part 78,826 words
- 8.Part 86,435 words
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- 10.Part 106,289 words
- 11.Part 118,732 words
- 12.Part 128,745 words
- 13.Part 138,712 words
- 14.Part 148,614 words
- 15.Part 158,854 words
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- 20.Part 208,776 words
- 21.Part 218,861 words
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- 24.Part 248,887 words
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- 26.Part 268,882 words
- 27.Part 278,953 words
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- 29.Part 298,898 words
- 30.Part 308,913 words
- 31.Part 318,667 words
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