The Decameron

By (author): "G.H. McWilliam, Giovanni Boccaccio"
Publish Date: 1353
The Decameron
ISBN0140449302
ISBN139780140449303
AsinThe Decameron
Original titleIl Decamerone
The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.Translated with an Introduction and Notes by G. H. McWilliam