The Decameron |
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Author:
| Boccaccio, Giovanni |
Translator:
| Musa, Mark Bondanella, Peter |
Introduction by:
| Bergin, Thomas G. |
ISBN: | 978-0-451-52866-7 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Signet Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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Naughty, bawdy and newly repackaged, this medieval masterpiece is set against the background of the Black Death of 1348. The hundred linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, pilgrims, thieves and lovers - both faithful and faithless.
Naughty, bawdy and newly repackaged, this medieval masterpiece is set against the background of the Black Death of 1348. The hundred linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, pilgrims, thieves and lovers - both faithful and faithless.