The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio : The First Five Days
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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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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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021055
- Title
- The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio : The First Five Days
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Illustrator
- Buckland-White (aquatints)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- Westminster
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Folio Society
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