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The Decameron: Illustrated

Giovanni Boccaccio

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Oct 20th, 2017
  • Pages: 630
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 1.27in - 1.83lb
  • EAN: 9781978469068
  • Categories: Classics

About the Author

Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 - 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.