Product Information
Penguin Classics relaunch. 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140449303
eBay Product ID (ePID)86729573
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Decameron
AuthorGiovanni Boccaccio
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2003
Number of Pages1072 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorGiovanni Boccaccio
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom