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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The First Five Days [and] The Second Five Days.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The First Five Days [and] The Second Five Days.

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The First Five Days [and] The Second Five Days.

by BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

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Westminster; The Folio Society; 1969.. Second Impression; Med. 8vo; Vol. I pp. 394; Vol. II. pp. 324; illustrated frontispieces, texts with 18 pages of aquatints by Buckland-Wright, uniformly bound in original decorated cloth, title lettered in gilt on spines, housed in original slipcase, very good set.

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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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Title
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The First Five Days [and] The Second Five Days.
Author
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI
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Hardcover
Publisher
Westminster; The Folio Society; 1969.
Keywords
english literature

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