Sign-In
Cart
The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 1535507829
ISBN13: 9781535507820
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 27 2016
Pages: 576
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781535507820
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 27 2016
Pages: 576
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Decameron, is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. Boccaccio probably conceived the Decameron after the epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose.
Also in
Italian History
The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
Isserman, Maurice
Paperback
$18.04
Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory
Mittelmeier, Martin
Hardcover
$24.70
This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
Di Robilant, Andrea
Hardcover
$28.50
A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Curious and Corrupt Places in the World
Murdock, Ryan
Hardcover
$27.50
Saving Michelangelo's Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
Kalayjian, Wayne
Hardcover
$28.45
Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians who lived through Fascism and the Holocaust
Monachina, Judith
Paperback
$22.00
Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure That the Italians of the South Became "Southerners"
Aprile, Pino
Paperback
$19.00
The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza De' Medici
Lev, Elizabeth
Paperback
$18.04
The Great Siege, Malta 1565: Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide
Bradford, Ernle
Paperback
$13.29
Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
McConnon, Aili
McConnon, Andres
Paperback
$19.00
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 3 (of Six)(Box Set): Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Gibbon, Edward
Hardcover
$95.00
Seeking Sicily: A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean
Keahey, John
Hardcover
$32.30
The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II
O'Donnell, Patrick K.
Paperback
$21.99
Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Ginzburg, Carlo
Paperback
$28.00
Churchill's Hellraisers: The Thrilling Secret Ww2 Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
Lewis, Damien
Paperback
$16.10
Italy - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Tomalin, Barry
Culture Smart!
Paperback
$14.24
Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World
Small, Meredith Francesca
Paperback
$17.06
A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Remarkable Story of an Italian Mother, Her Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Fascism
Moorehead, Caroline
Paperback
$18.99
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
King, Ross
Hardcover
$28.50
The Medicis and Borgias: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and House of Borgia
History, Captivating
Hardcover
$25.64
History of Italy: A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements through the Middle Ages to the Modern Peri
History, Captivating
Hardcover
$26.59
The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West
Fletcher, Catherine
Hardcover
$32.29
A Brief History of Italy: Tracing the Renaissance, Unification, and the Lively Evolution of Art and Culture
Haynes, Dominic
Paperback
$17.09
The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights
Moretti, Erica
Paperback
$22.95
Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World
Small, Meredith Francesca
Hardcover
$27.50
The Venice Experiment: A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad
Robbins, Ben
Frangipane, Barry
Paperback
$15.15
The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle Between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John
Allen, Bruce Ware
Paperback
$24.95
It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust
Bettina, Elizabeth
Paperback
$19.99
The Secret Formula: How a Mathematical Duel Inflamed Renaissance Italy and Uncovered the Cubic Equation
Toscano, Fabio
Paperback
$18.95
An Italian Feast: The Celebrated Provincial Cuisines of Italy from Como to Palermo, a Culinary Vade Mecum Illustrated with More Than 800
Wright, Clifford a.
Hardcover
$71.20
The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man Who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisition
White, Michael
Paperback
$16.99
The Urban History of Tarquinia based on Geomagnetic Surveys
Mastrocinque, Attilio
Soriano, Fiammetta
Paperback
$76.00
In the Abruzzi: Travels in Southern Italy at the Turn of the 20th Century; The History, Culture and Folklore
MacDonnell, Anne
Paperback
$13.98
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
Baxandall, Michael
Paperback
$20.89
My Cousin the Saint: A Story of Love, Miracles, and an Italian Family Reunited
Catanoso, Justin
Paperback
$21.99
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
Kertzer, David I.
Paperback
$19.00
Rossi Nella Terra Di Prato: Una Lettura Inedita del Sacco del 1512
Giaffreda, Fernando
Poldi Allaj, Pier Luigi
Paperback
$10.00
Italian Battle Fleet 1940-43: 'La Squadra', the Pride of the Regia Marina
Cernuschi, Enrico
Paperback
$21.85
History of Italy: A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements through the Middle Ages to the Modern Peri
History, Captivating
Paperback
$17.07
Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic
Stille, Alexander
Paperback
From $9.99
Lucrezia Borgia: Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
Bradford, Sarah
Paperback
From $9.99
Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume I: The Whole Truth about the Illuminati and the New World Order Volume 1
Zagami, Leo Lyon
Paperback
$17.05
Strolling Through Florence: The Definitive Walking Guide to the Renaissance City
Erasmo, Mario
Paperback
$18.00
A Brief History of Italy: Tracing the Renaissance, Unification, and the Lively Evolution of Art and Culture
Haynes, Dominic
Hardcover
$29.44
Dixie's Italians: Sicilians, Race, and Citizenship in the Jim Crow Gulf South
Jackson, Jessica Barbata
Hardcover
$45.00
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
Strathern, Paul
Paperback
$21.00
The Italian Invasion of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Mussolini's War in Abyssinia
History, Captivating
Hardcover
$22.79
The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the Making of Rome
Grossman, Loyd
Hardcover
$27.50
Building the Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi's Dome and the Florence Cathedral
Lazrus, Paula Kay
Paperback
$30.00
La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z
Gambescia, Carla
Paperback
$20.89
Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy Volume 28
Falasca-Zamponi, Simonetta
Paperback
$31.95
The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini's Italy
de Grazia, Victoria
Paperback
$22.80
The Unification of Italy: The History of the Risorgimento and the Conflicts that Unified the Italian Nation
Charles River
Paperback
$14.14
Italian Forgers: The Art Market and the Weight of the Past in Modern Italy
Helstosky, Carol
Hardcover
$54.95