The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good. Both volumes a little dulled, more so at the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned.
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
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 bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 183215
- Title
- The Decameron
- Author
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Illustrator
- Louis Chalon
- Format/Binding
- Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good. Both volumes a little dulled, more so at the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- navarre society, italian novelists, short stories, italian fiction, books written by giovanni boccaccio, books illustrated by louis chalon, books translated by j. m. rigg
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